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reincorporation

reincorporation

1 7.0
The act of bringing people or things back into a group, for example a company
  • noun
  • /ˌriːɪnˌkɔːrpəˈreɪʃən/
translation icon : reincorporación
  • The school's reincorporation of art programs has been met with enthusiasm from students and parents alike.

Examples

  • In fact, the process unfolds as a dark rite of passage, a ritual of retribution marked by phases of separation, transition, and reincorporation.

    Academic text (1993)
  • The state's hegemonic project involves the largely symbolic reincorporation of paisanos living abroad back into the nation but depends on provincial and municipal authorities and transmigrant organizations for implementation.

    Academic text (2002)
  • By 1965, the PCV was already discussing reincorporation into democratic politics and split the movement in 1967 by preparing for the next year's national elections.

    Academic text (1998)
  • Although the regime consistently refused to negotiate with the FIS, the Algerianists sought reincorporation into the political system.

    Academic text (2001)
  • As indicated above, China and the United States could eliminate their increasing disagreement over Taiwan through outright independence for the island state or through reincorporation into China.

    Academic text (1998)
  • At World War II's end, the Kosovars fought vainly for nearly a year against their reincorporation into the Yugoslav state.

    Academic text (1999)
  • The historical teaching is also remarkably consistent: the rehabilitation of the offender and his or her eventual reincorporation into the ecclesial and social body is the goal of punishment.

    Academic text (2004)
  • The basic framework of mukanda is composed of separation (circumcision), transition (seclusion while the boys heal and receive training from the men), and reincorporation of the initiates into the community.

    Academic text (1998)
  • The community held a meeting to discuss the reincorporation of the project after it was suspended last year.

  • The city's plan includes the reincorporation of the historic district into the urban development project.

Synonyms

incorporation
vsreincorporation
17 4.9

An act of combining things into a single whole

is done again to put something back into a group
reconstitution
vsreincorporation
1 7.4

Bringing a group or organization back together after it ends

puts something back into an existing group rather than creating it again
re-establishment
vsreincorporation
4.9

Bringing something back to how it was before

focuses on returning something to a group or system

Antonyms

106 2.0

Taking something or someone away from a place

64 4.2

A situation when someone is not allowed to join or take part in a group

How Integrated

reincorporation
1 7.0
integration
47 4.0
incorporation
17 4.9
inclusion
65 3.7

Surface Forms

Morphology

reincorporation = reincorporate (transparent) = re + incorporate + ion

This is a standard noun formation from the verb 'reincorporate' meaning the act or process of doing it.

Etymology

Reincorporation breaks into re- meaning 'again' and incorporate, which comes from a root that means 'body' and shows up in the familiar word corporation. So, reincorporation is the act of making something part of a group or organization 'again'.