renaissance

UK /ɹəˈneɪs(ə)ns/ US /ˈɹɛnəˌsɑns/
noun 3name 2adj 2

Definitions

noun

1

A rebirth or revival.

On the other hand, the nationalitarian phenomenon is one in which the struggle against the imperialist powers of occupation has as its object, beyond the clearing of the national territory, the independence and sovereignty of the national State, uprooting in depth the positions of the ex-colonial power— the reconquest of the power of decision in all domains of national life, the prelude to that reconquest of identity which is at the heart of the renaissance undertaken on the basis of fundamental national demands, and ceaselessly contested, by every means available, on every level, and notably on the internal level'.

The news of her death is shocking, in part, because she was in the midst of a late-career renaissance. It seemed possible that we would see her continue to play some of these characters, not to mention a raft of new ones, for another generation.

2

Alternative letter-case form of Renaissance.

name

1

The 14th-century revival of classical art, architecture, literature and learning that originated in Italy and spread throughout Europe over the following two centuries.

2

The period of this revival, typically lasting from the late 14th to the late 16th centuries; the transition from medieval to modern times.

noun

1

Any similar artistic or intellectual revival.

the Harlem Renaissance

Gelernter believes that computers and their mirror-world capabilities will usher in a Renaissance of the human spirit.

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