reintegration

American  

[ree-in-tuh-grey-shuhn, ree-in-] / riˌɪn təˈgreɪ ʃən, ˌri ɪn- /

noun

1. restoration to a unified state.

2. Psychiatry. the process of returning the mind to an integrated state after it has been deranged by psychosis.

3. Psychology.

   1. the process of recalling an entire memory from a partial cue, as remembering a speech upon hearing the first few words.

   2. the tendency to repeat the response to a complex stimulus on later experiencing any part of that stimulus.

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Etymology

Origin of reintegration

First recorded in 1595–1605; re- + integration

Example Sentences

The assistance will help secure housing in Syria ahead of the returnees' departure "in addition to providing food and medicine for three months" after they arrive, as part of supporting their reintegration, he said.

From Barron's • Jan. 26, 2026

But the long-term trajectory points toward bifurcation rather than reintegration.

From MarketWatch • Dec. 31, 2025

The result—smaller, denser chips and “chiplets,” each with its own elaborate packaging—is a greater need for ultimate reintegration of the processes for coherent outcomes.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 3, 2025

That could mean that veterans would come to L.A. for specific services such as medical procedures, rehabilitation or job training and reintegration, then return home somewhere else.

From Los Angeles Times • May 15, 2025

Friends intervened, advising an effectual reintegration of the broken marriage; but against this, she says, her conscience, no less than her heart, rebelled.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 08, No. 49, November, 1861 by Various