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renascent

American  
[ri-nas-uhnt, -ney-suhnt] / rɪˈnæs ənt, -ˈneɪ sənt /

adjective

  1. being reborn; springing again into being or vigor.

    a renascent interest in Henry James.


renascent British  
/ rɪˈnæsənt, -ˈneɪ- /

adjective

  1. becoming active or vigorous again; reviving

    renascent nationalism

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of renascent

1720–30; < Latin renāscent- (stem of renāscēns ), present participle of renāscī. See Renaissance, -ent

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Chancellor Olaf Scholz's attendance has been widely welcomed, as Germany's renascent Jewish community has been shaken by a surge in antisemitic attacks since the start of the war in Gaza.

From BBC Dec. 7, 2023

He then took up acoustic, which he plied on the renascent Seattle jazz scene in the late ‘70s and early ‘80s.

From Seattle Times Oct. 11, 2022

A statement from Prime Minister Viktor Orban's government said Goncz had "served the renascent Hungarian democracy to the best of his knowledge for ten years."

From US News Oct. 6, 2015

Giddy Mets fans will watch their renascent team play wherever the announcers are.

From New York Times Aug. 3, 2015

The debate is an endless one, eternally seductive, irrepressibly renascent, and hopelessly bound up with the ineradicable oppositions of human nature.

From Great Men and Famous Women, Vol. 7 A Series of Pen and Pencil Sketches of the Lives of More Than 200 of the Most Prominent Personages in History by Charles F. (Charles Francis) Horne

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