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reconnection

reconnection

1 3.9
Connecting again after a time apart, often between people or places
  • noun
  • /ˌriːkəˈnɛkʃən/
translation icon : reconexión
  • After years apart, their reconnection at the school reunion brought back fond memories.

Yeah, I've had an experience of doing a reconnection to the self ceremony.

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Examples

  • The therapy session focused on emotional reconnection between family members who had drifted apart.

  • One of the greatest things in his 90s was the reconnection with Florida.

    Blog text (4)
  • It's a reconnection with what you grew up with.

  • This has to do with reconnection with tradition.

  • Their strength lay in a faint hope that reconnection to family could one day be possible.

    Fiction book (1999)
  • I feel like this year for me has been a year of connection, reconnection, and kind of like internal contemplation.

  • It was a point of reconnection for an old friend and a very special time.

    Blog text (10)
  • Healing occurs through the person's reconnection with the coherence of the larger system.

    Academic text (1998)
  • They were here this morning, actually making some reconnections.

    Blog text (21)
  • We argue that such a reconnection is critical to creating a more politically attuned and ethically responsible social science.

    Academic text (1998)

Synonyms

reattachment
vsreconnection
1 4.6

Putting something back where it was after it was removed

is the general act of connecting again not limited to physical attachment
reassociation
vsreconnection
  • Specialized
1 7.5

Joining things together again after they were separated

is the general act of connecting again across everyday contexts
recoupling
vsreconnection
6.5

An action that brings people or things back together after separation

is the general act of connecting again not only joining people or things
reconvergence
vsreconnection
8.5

People or things that come together again after being apart

is the act of connecting again implying an active restored link

Antonyms

Being separate from people, things, or contact, for example losing internet

How Connected

reconnection
1 3.9
reunion
277 2.1
contact
826 1.2

Surface Forms

reconnection singular
reconnections plural

Morphology

reconnection = reconnect (transparent) = re + connect + ion

This is a standard noun formation from the verb 'reconnect' meaning the act or result of reconnecting.

Etymology

Reconnection comes from re- ('again') plus connection ('a joining' or 'link'), so the word means 'joining again'. That's why a reconnection can mean the act of putting things or people back together — like plugging a cable in again or meeting someone after a long time.