renaissance

plural renaissances

1. A rebirth or revival.

   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.

   2026 January 30, Judy Berman, “Catherine O’Hara Portrayed the Vain and Delusional With a Radical Lack of Vanity”, in TIME, archived from the original on 01 Feb 2026

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   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'.

   1981, Anouar Abdel-Malek, Social Dialectics: Nation and Revolution, page 13

   Digital upstarts like Buzzfeed and The Verge are relying on “long-form” editors to create big features. Heralding “a coming renaissance of long-form journalism,” the twitchy news site Politico hired away the editor in chief of Foreign Policy magazine last summer to commission writerly, deeply reported stories.

   2013 December 12, James Bennet, “Against 'Long-Form Journalism'”, in James Bennet, editor, The Atlantic, Washington, D.C.: The Atlantic Monthly Group, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 20 Mar 2014, retrieved 23 Jul 2026

2. historicalAlternative letter-case form of Renaissance.

1. historicalThe 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.

plural Renaissances

1. broadlyAny similar artistic or intellectual revival.

   the Harlem Renaissance

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

   1995 May 21, Steven Levy, “The Unabomber and David Gelernter”, in The New York Times, →ISSN

   Out of every Dark Age there emerged new Renaissances of civilization (Goody 2010; Modelski 2007), and over time they expanded the boundaries of civilization leading to the formation of new empires such as the Assyrian, Persian, Greek, and Roman empires in the west, and similar new empires in east and south-east Asia (China and later empires in Burma, Korea, and Japan), Africa (the Bantu), and south America (the Incas).

   2018, Kristian Kristiansen, “Theorizing Trade and Civilization”, in Kristian Kristiansen, Thomas Lindkvist, Janken Myrdal, editors, Trade and Civilisation: Economic Networks and Cultural Ties, from Prehistory to the Early Modern Era, Cambridge, Cambs.: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, pages 18–19

   The Renaissance Is Having a Renaissance [title]

   2023 July 10, Rachel Wetzler, “The Renaissance Is Having a Renaissance”, in The New York Times Styles Magazine, →ISSN

   Yann LeCun, chief AI scientist at Meta, recently said it was “preposterous” to believe that an AI could threaten humanity. Rather, intelligent machines would stimulate a second Renaissance in learning and help us tackle climate change and cure diseases.

   2023 November 25, Richard Waters, John Thornhill, quoting Yann LeCun, “Tech’s philosophical rift over AI”, in FT Weekend (Big Read section), London: The Financial Times Ltd., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 6

1. not comparableOf, or relating to the Renaissance.
2. not comparableOf, or relating to the style of art or architecture of the Renaissance.