reconsumption

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noun

The process of consuming again.

OriginEnglish consumption ← Middle English consumpcioun ← Old French consumpcion →
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Meanings

nounreconsumption (uncountable)
  1. uncountableThe process of consuming again.

Origin

  1. Proto-Italic*wre-
  2. Latinre-
  3. Old Frenchre-
  4. Middle Englishre-
  5. Englishre-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*ḱe?
  7. Proto-Indo-European*ḱóm
  8. Proto-Italic*kom
  9. Proto-Italic*kom-
  10. Latincon-
  11. Proto-Indo-European*upó
  12. Proto-Italic*supo
  13. Latinsub
  14. Latinsub-
  15. Proto-Indo-European*h₁em-
  16. Proto-Indo-European*h₁émeti
  17. Proto-Italic*emō
  18. Latinemō
  19. Latinsūmō
  20. Latincōnsūmō
  21. Latincōnsūmptiō
  22. Old Frenchconsumpcion
  23. Middle Englishconsumpcioun
  24. Englishconsumption
  25. Englishreconsumption

From re- + consumption.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with reconsumption

consumptionassumptionpresumptionresumptionsumptionsubsumptiongumptionoverconsumptionabsumptionanticonsumptionautoconsumptioncoconsumptioncyberconsumptionhyperconsumptionmetaconsumptionmisassumptionnonassumptionnonconsumptionnonresumptionphotoconsumptionpreassumptionprosumptionreassumptionrumgumption
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Cite this entry
APA

reconsumption. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/reconsumption

MLA

“reconsumption.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/reconsumption. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “reconsumption,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/reconsumption.

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