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 ) ( redintegrate ) + -iōn- -ion
Example Sentences
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The like is true of the breakdown and redintegration of devout ritual after such a revulsion.
From Theory of the Leisure Class by Veblen, Thorstein
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 Bell, George
The disintegration of mental forms and their redintegration is the life of the imagination.
From The Sense of Beauty Being the Outlines of Aesthetic Theory by Santayana, George
It even appears that in the two instances there is rather an antagonism since heightened memory comes near to the ideal law of total redintegration, which is, as we know, a hindrance to invention.
From Essay on the Creative Imagination by Baron, Albert Heyem Nachmen
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 Walsh, James J. (James Joseph)
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