redintegration
Americannoun
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the act or process of making whole again; renewal
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psychol the process of responding to a part of a situation in the same manner as one has responded to the whole situation, as in the case of a souvenir reminding one of a holiday
Etymology
Origin of redintegration
1425–75; < Latin redintegrātiōn- (stem of redintegrātiō ), equivalent to redintegrāt ( us ) ( see redintegrate) + -iōn- -ion
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He says that this suture insures the redintegration of the nerve much better.
From Old-Time Makers of Medicine The Story of The Students And Teachers of the Sciences Related to Medicine During the Middle Ages by James Joseph Walsh
The function of logic is the redintegration of this experience.
From International Congress of Arts and Science, Volume I Philosophy and Metaphysics by Various
There is no possibility of redintegration of destroyed tissues when they are of highly organized character, and so the patient will always be maimed.
From Psychotherapy by James J. (James Joseph) Walsh
This for your correspondent Mr. Denton, to whom I understand the Church is indebted for the redintegration of the good bishop's journal.
From Notes and Queries, Number 211, November 12, 1853 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. by George Bell
Creation hindered by complete redintegration, 22; in physiological inhibition, 6; Motor basis of, 258; Physiological and imaginative, 76; versus repetition, 5.
From Essay on the Creative Imagination by Albert Heyem Nachmen Baron
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