phoenixing

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A form of phoenix — A mythological bird, said to be the only one of its kind, which lives for 500 years and then dies by burning to ashes on a pyre of its own making, ignited by the sun. It then arises anew from the ashes.

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Meanings

verb
  1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of phoenix
nounphoenixing (usually uncountable, plural phoenixings)

plural phoenixings

  1. gerunduncountableusuallygerund of phoenix.

    Australian Restructuring Insolvency and Turnaround Association CEO John Winter said phoenixing has been "endemic" for decades.

    2019 December 17, Noel Gladstone, Carrie Fellner, “Small business flattened by 'dodgy' builders in phoenixing epidemic”, in The Sydney Morning Herald
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APA

phoenixing. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/phoenixing

MLA

“phoenixing.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/phoenixing. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “phoenixing,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/phoenixing.

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