[syn: rebirth, Renaissance, Renascence]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Renascence \Re*nas"cence\ (r?-n?s"sens), n. [See Renascent,
and cf. Renaissance.]
1. The state of being renascent.
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Read the Ph[oe]nix, and see how the single image of
renascence is varied. --Coleridge.
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2. Same as Renaissance.
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The Renascence . . . which in art, in literature,
and in physics, produced such splendid fruits. --M.
Arnold.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
Renascence
n 1: 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
[syn: Renaissance, Renascence]
2: a second or new birth [syn: reincarnation, rebirth,
renascence]
3: the revival of learning and culture [syn: rebirth,
Renaissance, Renascence]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
58 Moby Thesaurus words for "renascence":
amendment, change of allegiance, change of heart, change of mind,
copy, duplication, imitation, improvement, new birth, palingenesis,
palingenesy, re-creation, re-formation, reanimation, rebirth,
rebuilding, reclamation, reconstitution, reconstruction,
recrudescence, redemption, redesign, redoing, reedition,
reestablishment, refashioning, reform, reformation, refreshment,
regeneracy, regenerateness, regeneration, regenesis, reinstitution,
reissue, rejuvenation, rejuvenescence, remaking, renaissance,
renewal, renovation, reorganization, repetition, reprinting,
reproduction, reshaping, restoration, restructuring, resurgence,
resurrection, resuscitation, revision, revival, revivescence,
revivescency, revivification, second wind, second youth