reconsolidation
- noun
- /ˌriːkənˌsɒlɪˈdeɪʃən/
- Specialized
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reconsolidación
Examples
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Crucial to the creation and maintenance of a global culture, the figure of the Asian mail-order bride stands as a symbol of the cultural exchanges necessary to the reconsolidation of patriarchy and the nation-state in the era of transnationalism.
Academic text (2006) -
And if this echoes the sublime, then it refuses sublimity’s conventional reconsolidation of the subject after its unsettling encounter with radical otherness.
Academic text (2016) -
Just as Karl Polanyi described the "countermovement" of society to contain and repair the disruption caused by the attempted instituting of free markets in 19th century England, so we have re-entered a period of social reconsolidation and renewal following two decades of sustained and sometimes forcefully imposed market liberalization, particularly in developing countries.
Academic text (2003) -
Researchers believe that reconsolidation helps memories become stable again after recalling past events.
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After recalling the traumatic incident, the therapy aimed to assist in the reconsolidation of the patient's memory.
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Reconsolidation is an important aspect of memory that allows old memories to adapt based on new experiences.
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Morphology
reconsolidation = consolidation (semi-transparent) = re + consolid + ation
The meaning is broadly 'consolidation again', but the specific memory-science sense is specialized and not fully predictable for a typical learner.
Etymology
Reconsolidation starts with re- meaning 'again' and the main part consolidate meaning 'to make solid', and it is related to the simple word solid. So, reconsolidation is like 'making a memory solid again' after you remember it, which is why it means the memory becomes stable again.