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renascent

American  
[ri-nas-uhnt, -nay-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

Advertisement Advertisement Lucarelli, the team captain, agreed to stay with the club despite an enormous pay cut and will play the final season of his career with the renascent Parma.

From New York Times ● Aug. 17, 2015

What fitter occasion, then, for the striking of a medal, than this renewal of civic life, with municipal organisation and polity, art and culture, renascent in unison.

From Civics: as Applied Sociology by Patrick Geddes

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