renascence

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UK/ɹɪˈneɪs(ə)ns/UK/ɹɪˈnas(ə)ns/

noun

A new beginning or rebirth; regeneration.

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Meanings

renascence1

nounrenascence (plural renascences)

plural renascences

  1. archaicA new beginning or rebirth; regeneration.

    Although at first I was puzzles, I did not have to ponder long the mystery of this man's renascence.

    1967, William Styron, The Confessions of Nat Turner, Vintage, published 2004, page 334
  2. Renewal, revival.

    Ignored by her own time, Dickinson was sentimentalized in her renascence.

    1990, Camille Paglia, Sexual Personae
  3. archaicThe Renaissance.

Renascence2

proper noun
  1. USalternativeAlternative spelling of Renaissance.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounthe revival of learning and culture

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rebirthRenaissance
Broader
revivalresurgencerevitalization

nouna second or new birth

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reincarnationrebirth
Broader
birthnativitynascency
Also see
rebirthreincarnationrenaissance

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

From renascent + -ence.

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Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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