renomination
- noun
- /ˌriːnəˈmeɪʃən/
- Formal
- Nixon's guaranteed the renomination... and the Post is stuck with a story no one else wants.
Examples
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Both have supported Bernanke's renomination as Chairman.
Blog text (34) -
By the time President Carter came before the 1980 Democratic National Convention to accept renomination, he had been widely criticized for being the first Democrat since Grover Cleveland to fail to provide his administration with an inspirational slogan like the "New Freedom," "New Deal," or "Great Society."
Academic text (1991) -
Although only two of the six most recent presidents have faced a serious challenge for renomination,
Academic text (2014) -
In the past, a choice of a firehouse primary may have helped her to win renomination.
Blog text (32) -
They're going to bury the report until after the renomination.
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The GAO report's due out the morning of Nixon's renomination.
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Lawrence refused to endorse Guffey for renomination and slated Walter Jones against him.
Academic text (1996) -
"The continuing quest for full equality is symbolized by the renomination," Ferguson said, adding: "This election is equally important, if not more important, than the first election of President Obama, because it takes two terms for a president to really push forward a full program."
Blog text (4) -
Upon the President's reelection, attention on the war for the courts continued as the President announced the renomination of twenty people whose first-term nominations had not received up-or-down votes in the full U.S. Senate.
Academic text (2005) -
The senator faces no significant opposition for his renomination to the upcoming election.
Synonyms
A formal choice of someone to be a candidate for a job or award
Choosing someone for a job or official position, not by election
Surface Forms
Morphology
renomination = renominate (transparent) = re + nominate + ion
This is a regular nominalization of the verb 'renominate', meaning the act or process of nominating again.
Etymology
Renomination comes from the prefix re- meaning 'again' and nominate meaning 'to name', like the everyday word 'name'. So a renomination is simply being 'named again' for a position or an honor.