Meanings
verb
- gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of relive
nounreliving (countable and uncountable, plural relivings)
plural relivings
- countableuncountableThe process by which something is relived.
In effect, the recovery of traumatic memories involves the conscious awareness and explicit processing of relivings of the somatosensory and affective experiences during the trauma, relivings that are largely context-free and meaningless.
1996, Susan Contratto, M. Janice Gutfreund, A Feminist Clinician's Guide to the Memory Debate, page 38
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APA
reliving. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/reliving
MLA
“reliving.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/reliving. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “reliving,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/reliving.
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