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re-creation

American  
[ree-kree-ey-shuhn] / ˌri kriˈeɪ ʃən /

noun

  1. the act of creating anew.

  2. something created anew.


re-creation British  

noun

  1. the state or instance of creating again or anew

    the re-creation of the Russian Empire

  2. a simulation or re-enactment of a scene, place, time, etc

    a re-creation of a vineyard kitchen

"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 re-creation

First recorded in 1515–25; re- + creation

Example Sentences

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The museum, on the first floor, is a re-creation of “Skeldale House,” down to the pint pot in which Siegfried kept the petty cash and the old central telephone.

From Los Angeles Times • May 14, 2026

Amaya Espinal, the winner of season 7 who was nicknamed "Amaya Papaya", expressed her distaste at the AI fruit re-creation of the show she starred in just last year.

From BBC • Mar. 28, 2026

This made the laments at Friday’s panel sound like the world’s longest re-creation of the “We’re all trying to find the guy who did this” Hot Dog suit meme.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 9, 2026

The improvised 70-minute show follows her making balloon animals while riffing with audience members about romance, bad roommates and a re-creation of the bag scene from “American Beauty.”

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 15, 2025

I led him up to one of my stronghold’s rarely used “sitting rooms,” a re-creation of the living room set from Family Ties.

From "Ready Player One: A Novel" by Ernest Cline

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