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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  
/ -ˈneɪ-, rɪˈnæsənt /

adjective

  1. becoming active or vigorous again; reviving

    renascent nationalism

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Etymology

Origin of renascent

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

Example Sentences

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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

A new intellectual movement in Islam, a renascent Bagdad, is as inevitable as is 1950.

From What is Coming? by Wells, H. G. (Herbert George)