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reintroduction

reintroduction

6 4.1
Bringing something or someone back after a time away
  • noun
  • /ˌriːɪntrəˈdʌkʃən/
translation icon : reintroducción
  • After years of absence, the politician's reintroduction to the public sparked much interest.
  • wolf reintroduction
  • tiger reintroduction
  • reintroduction program

You don't really know that until you go through systematic reintroduction and re challenging.

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Examples

  • The Turkish experiment opened the way for the reintroduction of secularism into the debate about democracy.

    Academic text (2005)
  • And this was kind of her reintroduction to the world.

  • I think it's time we had a proper reintroduction.

  • An important result of these developments was the reintroduction of precision movement of units to the European battlefield.

    Academic text (1992)
  • The most productive members of the Incubator program will be considered for reintroduction to society.

  • What's your attitude to the reintroduction of species that were wiped out completely?

  • Leonard cannot imagine a more enthralling reintroduction to the world and stares at it all with wonder.

    Fiction book (1990)
  • The biologists organized a reintroduction of the endangered species into its natural habitat.

  • The program focuses on the reintroduction of traditional farming practices in the community.

Synonyms

reinstitution
vsreintroduction
1 6.8

Bringing back a rule or practice after it stopped

focuses on bringing someone or something back after absence rather than restoring function
re-establishment
vsreintroduction
4.9

Bringing something back to how it was before

focuses on bringing someone or something back after withdrawal rather than restoring condition

Antonyms

281 4.1

Removing people or things from a place

106 2.0

Taking something or someone away from a place

How Widely

reintroduction
6 4.1
to mention
1.0

Surface Forms

Morphology

reintroduction = reintroduce (transparent) = re + introduct + ion

The noun is a regular nominalization of the verb 'reintroduce', so learners who know the verb can easily infer the meaning.

Etymology

The word reintroduction comes from the prefix re- meaning 'again' and introduce meaning 'to bring in'. So a reintroduction is the act of bringing something or someone back after a period away.