rerecognition

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UK/ɹiːˌɹɛkəɡˈnɪʃən/US/ɹiˌɹɛkəɡˈnɪʃən/

noun

A resumed or additional recognition, especially after a lapse or pause.

Scrabble 16

Meanings

nounrerecognition (uncountable)

alternative re-recognition

  1. rareuncountableA resumed or additional recognition, especially after a lapse or pause.

    The rerecognition of black phosphorus (BP) and the research brought about by the revolution in the field of materials are called the renaissance of BP.

    2020 November 29, Hongyan Yang, Yunzhen Wang, Z. C. Tiu, Libo Yuan, Han Zhang, “Black phosphorus: device and application”, in Ju Han Lee, Young Min Jhon, editors, 2D Materials for Nanophotonics, Elsevier, →ISBN, page 139
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    The osteopaths have helped many of these patients, since the nature of the malady has been forgotten by most doctors of the scientific era. Valleix and his contemporaries described the headaches many years ago. Their modern rerecognition has come chiefly through the Swedish sources.

    1913, Lewellyn F. Barker, Smith Ely Jelliffe, “XVIII: Neuroses”, in Frank Billings, editor, Forchheimer's Therapeusis of Internal Diseases, volume IV, New York: D. Appleton & Company, page 605

    The struggle continues to establish a land base and acquire recognition (or rerecognition) for some bands. Pinoleville must deal with environmentally hazardous industries established within its borders.

    1998 October 29, Barry M. Pritzker, “Pomo”, in Native Americans: An Encyclopedia of History, Culture, and Peoples, volume 2, Santa Barbara, California: ABC-CLIO, →ISBN, page 190

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APA

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

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

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