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reawakening

reawakening

3 4.1
A return of activity or interest after a time of rest
  • noun
  • /ˌriːəˈwɑːkənɪŋ/
translation icon : renacimiento
  • After years of neglect, the garden is finally experiencing a reawakening as new plants begin to bloom and grow.

This year's theme is Sleeping Beauty's reawakening fashion.

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Examples

  • U.S. interests abroad cannot be adequately protected or advanced without an economic reawakening at home. U.S. leaders forever swear their allegiance to making the tough choices to restore the U.S. economy.

    Academic text (2010)
  • The goal of New Spiritualism is a reawakening to the truth of what has gone before us, what it has taken all of us to get here.

    Fiction book (2002)
  • I want to be part of the reawakening that there were these great civilizations here, especially North America.

  • Second, much of the community has experienced a reawakening of Haudenosaunee identity.

    Academic text (2009)
  • The Global Post called it 'The Reawakening of Afro-Argentine Culture'.

    Blog text (5)
  • Decades before the reawakening of the Olympic Games in 1896, the idea reached North and South America.

    Academic text (1995)
  • Meanwhile, northwestern China is home to over 20 million Muslims and is now in the grip of an Islamic reawakening.

    Academic text (2010)
  • When we build in a sustainable manner, it is the change of perspective, the change of heart, and a fundamental reawakening of an awareness of our relationships to the systems of life that makes all this worthwhile.

    Academic text (2005)
  • The Arena Chapel frescoes of Giotto are a locus classicus for the novel; they mark the reawakening of the gestural in representation.

    Academic text (1999)
  • Of all the revivals of ideologies and movements over the last fifty years, none has surprised or confused more scholars than the reawakening of nationalism as a state-legitimizing ideology, particularly in the Central Asian states.

    Academic text (2000)

Synonyms

regeneration
vsreawakening
19 5.8

Making something new and stronger after damage

stresses returning to activity or awareness rather than physical rebuilding
resurrection
vsreawakening
15 6.6

Bringing something back into use after a long time of not being used

covers personal return to awareness rather than restoring public use
rejuvenation
vsreawakening
13 5.4

To make a person or thing seem younger and fresher

describes return to awareness or activity without implying youthfulness
reanimation
vsreawakening
6 7.9

The act of bringing someone back to life or to consciousness

focuses on a natural return to being active or aware again
reemergence
vsreawakening
4 5.5

Something that comes back after being absent or inactive

highlights the inward return to awareness rather than public reappearance
self-renewal
vsreawakening
1 6.4

The ability of a person, group, or cell to make new parts and stay active

focuses on naturally becoming active or aware again rather than ongoing upkeep
reinvigoration
vsreawakening
1 5.5

A return of energy and activity to a person or group

focuses more broadly on returning to alertness or awareness
reviviscence
vsreawakening
  • Specialized
9.9

A return to life, being awake, or normal activity

emphasizes waking to awareness after dormancy or forgetfulness
reengagement
vsreawakening
4.7

Becoming involved again in an activity, process, or relationship after a break

is about regaining general activity or awareness, not just involvement
regeneracy
vsreawakening
8.7

The process of becoming new or useful again after damage

is more about regaining alertness or conscious activity again
rejuvenescence
vsreawakening
9.9

A return of youthful energy and new strength

is about becoming active or aware again without age implications

Antonyms

12 3.5

A period of time with no movement or action

How Active

rebirth
12 5.3
reawakening
3 4.1
revival
52 4.2

Surface Forms

reawakening singular
reawakenings plural

Morphology

reawakening = reawaken (transparent) = re + awake + en + ing

The noun is a standard -ing formation from the verb 'reawaken' meaning the process or act of awakening again.

Etymology

Reawakening combines the prefix re- meaning 'again' with awaken meaning 'to wake' or 'become active'. So a reawakening is like something that 'wakes up again' after a long rest or quiet time, which is why it means becoming active or alive again.