Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A new birth or life; a rebirth.
- noun A cultural revival; a renaissance.
- noun Renaissance.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The state of being renascent.
- noun A new birth; specifically , same as
Renaissance .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The state of being renascent.
- noun Same as
Renaissance .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A new beginning or rebirth;
regeneration . - noun
Renewal ,revival . - noun The
Renaissance .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the period of European history at the close of the Middle Ages and the rise of the modern world; a cultural rebirth from the 14th through the middle of the 17th centuries
- noun a second or new birth
- noun the revival of learning and culture
Etymologies
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Examples
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Cuvier on fossil bones, under the most favorable circumstances, in a kind of renascence of the science of organization of animals, then almost effaced in France, aided by the richest osteological collections which then existed in Europe, M. G.
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For as fruitful as President Obama's Administration has been, it would be hard to argue that his legislative triumphs have been accompanied by a renascence of public progressivism.
Elbert Ventura: Making History Elbert Ventura 2011
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Southern and sub genres modern southern renascence. gothic
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Part of the extravagant joyfulness of this year's celebrations comes from the remarkable renascence the gallery has enjoyed as a consequence of three main factors: its highly regarded education program; the tactful modern extension designed by Rick Mather, which furnished a caf é and lecture rooms, completed in 1999, and its imaginative temporary exhibitions.
Dulwich's 200-Year-Old Jewel Emma Crichton-Miller 2011
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For more information, visit: www. vsarts.org/renascence.
Renascence allows new media artists to shine in NYC BA Haller 2008
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Together they evoke the New Classicism of Coppola, Friedkin, Schatzberg, Bogdanovich and so many others of the 70s renascence.
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There has been a renascence of age-old traditions that have become means of self-expression for Jewish women.
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Heavily influenced by Cultural Zionism and strongly embracing the Hebrew language, they were optimistic regarding the possibility of a Jewish renascence in America.
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And yet, I found myself asking, again and again, how much of the renascence of North Adams via contemporary art is really trickling down to the descendants of the people who worked in those mills.
Archive 2008-01-01 Becca 2008
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And yet, I found myself asking, again and again, how much of the renascence of North Adams via contemporary art is really trickling down to the descendants of the people who worked in those mills.
The Berkshires Seemed Dreamlike on Account of That Frosting Becca 2008
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