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reengagement

reengagement

1 5.6
Getting someone interested and involved again after time away
  • noun
  • /ˌriːɪnˈɡeɪdʒmənt/
translation icon : reconexión
  • After several years away, she attended a workshop aimed at fostering her reengagement with the artistic community.
  • reengagement with the world

Examples

  • They will be on the frontline in the United States' reengagement with the world.

    Academic text (2007)
  • Alas for his students, Humphrey's reengagement with national politics came sooner than he expected.

    Academic text (1992)
  • We should begin our reengagement with the world by bringing an end to the Iraq war.

    Academic text (2007)
  • This community engagement program is unique and serves as a model reengagement education program for prisons.

    Academic text (2013)
  • We need a new path, one that will lead to reengagement with the world and restoration of the United States' moral authority in the community of nations.

    Academic text (2007)
  • Nursing scholars also have a role to play in our profession's reengagement with social justice advocacy.

    Academic text (2011)
  • Ideally, the way in which children participate in the TRC will foster a reengagement with community values and domestic norms.

    Academic text (2001)
  • We could have pursued a broad policy of reengagement with the world, yet instead we squandered this broad support through a series of policies that drove away our friends and allies.

    Academic text (2007)
  • Although professional nursing codes define social justice advocacy as an expectation of nursing practice, it is obvious from nursing literature that in the practice of most nurses, this reengagement is in its infancy.

    Academic text (2011)
  • Rather than alienating the rest of the world through assertions of infallibility and demands of obedience, as the current administration has done, U.S. foreign policy must be driven by a strategy of reengagement.

    Academic text (2007)

Synonyms

resurgence
vsreengagement
39 6.6

A new rise in activity or interest after a quiet period

targets restoring individual interest and commitment rather than general activity spikes
revitalization
vsreengagement
  • US
14 5.8

Making a place or community active and healthy again

applies to wider systems or things rather than restoring a person's interest
reemergence
vsreengagement
4 5.5

Something that comes back after being absent or inactive

focuses on restoring personal interest or commitment rather than mere reappearance
reawakening
vsreengagement
3 4.1

A return of activity or interest after a time of rest

relates more to renewed awareness than deliberate restoration of involvement
recommitment
vsreengagement
1 4.8

A renewed promise to support a goal or project

is a general process restoring interest and involvement rather than a formal pledge
reactivation
vsreengagement
1 4.2

Bringing something that was inactive back into use

focuses on restoring personal interest and commitment rather than just making something active
reinvigoration
vsreengagement
1 5.5

A return of energy and activity to a person or group

focuses on restoring interest and involvement rather than only adding energy
revivification
vsreengagement
  • Formal
1 9.9

Bringing something back into use or public attention

is focused on renewing involvement or commitment of people rather than broad revival
reinvolvement
vsreengagement
6.0

Becoming involved again after being away from a group or activity

focuses on restoring interest or commitment rather than only joining again
reignition
vsreengagement
6.7

A new rise of interest or activity after a quiet period

focuses on steady restoration of involvement rather than a sudden burst of enthusiasm

Antonyms

21 6.1

A lack of emotional involvement with people or situations

5 5.8

Not feeling interested in something, like a talk or task

How Engaged

recommitment
1 4.8
engagement
78 3.9
reengagement
1 5.6
reconnection
1 3.9

Surface Forms

reengagement singular
reengagements plural

Morphology

reengagement = reengage (transparent) = re + engage + ment

This is a standard nominalization of 'reengage' with '-ment' meaning the process or result of doing it.

Etymology

Reengagement is built from re- 'again' and engage 'to hold interest or commitment', the same root you see in 'engaging' for something that keeps your attention. So reengagement means restoring someone's interest or commitment 'again' after a break.