redintegration

[ red-in-ti-grey-shuhn, ri-din ]

noun

1. the act or process of redintegrating.
2. Psychology. reintegration ( def 3b ).

Word History and Origins

Origin of redintegration¹

1425–75; < Latin redintegrātiōn- (stem of redintegrātiō ), equivalent to redintegrāt ( us ) ( redintegrate ) + -iōn- -ion

Example Sentences

He says that this suture insures the redintegration of the nerve much better.

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It is a reduction of the original colliding contents to a form in which the effort at redintegration gets maximum efficiency.

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The third mode of acquiring nationality is that by so-called redintegration or resumption.

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Treaties which have lost their binding force through expiration or cancellation may regain it through redintegration.

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This law he calls by the name “redintegration,” understood, of course, in a sense different from that in which Hamilton used it.

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Related Words

• reconstruction
• recovery
• refurbishment
• rehabilitation
• reinstatement
• renewal
• renovation
• repatriation
• revival