Meanings
nounreunification (countable and uncountable, plural reunifications)
plural reunifications
- countableuncountableThe unification of something that was previously divided; used especially of a country.
Many of Spenser's readers today find the cleavings and reunifications of Redcrosse and Una presenting a psychodrama of mental fragmentation […]
2010, Greg Kucich, Keats, Shelley, and Romantic Spenserianism, page 2731 more example
With the collapse of the Wall and the reunification of Germany, the divided stations and railway lines of Berlin were 'reunited' too. The last 'ghost station' was reopened to all passengers in 1992, and the very term - "ghost station" - had come to denote any disused platform remaining from the divide.
2025 October 29, Vitali Vitaliev, “Haunted by the past”, in RAIL, number 1047, page 68
Synonyms & antonyms
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Origin
- Proto-Italic*wre-
- Latinre-
- Old Frenchre-
- Middle Englishre-
- Englishre-
- Englishunification
- Englishreunification
From re- + unification.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Arabic إِعَادَةْ تَوْحِيد
- إِعَادَةْ تَوْحِيد (ʔiʕādat tawḥīd)the unification of something that was previously divided; used especially of a country
Catalan reunificació
- reunificacióthe unification of something that was previously divided; used especially of a country
Chinese Mandarin 統一 /统一, 回歸 /回归
- 統一 /统一 (tǒngyī)the unification of something that was previously divided; used especially of a country
- 回歸 /回归 (huíguī)the unification of something that was previously divided; used especially of a country
Czech znovusjednocení
- znovusjednoceníthe unification of something that was previously divided; used especially of a country
Danish genforening, reunion
- genforeningthe unification of something that was previously divided; used especially of a country
- reunionthe unification of something that was previously divided; used especially of a country
Dutch hereniging
- herenigingthe unification of something that was previously divided; used especially of a country
Esperanto reunuiĝo
- reunuiĝothe unification of something that was previously divided; used especially of a country
Finnish jälleenyhdistyminen
- jälleenyhdistyminenthe unification of something that was previously divided; used especially of a country
French réunification
- réunificationthe unification of something that was previously divided; used especially of a country
German Wiedervereinigung
- Wiedervereinigungthe unification of something that was previously divided; used especially of a country
Greek επανένωση
- επανένωση (epanénosi)the unification of something that was previously divided; used especially of a country
Hebrew איחוד, איחוד מחדש
- איחוד (ikhúd)the unification of something that was previously divided; used especially of a country
- איחוד מחדש (ikhúd mekhadásh)the unification of something that was previously divided; used especially of a country
Hungarian újraegyesítés
- újraegyesítésthe unification of something that was previously divided; used especially of a country
Icelandic endurfundir
- endurfundirthe unification of something that was previously divided; used especially of a country
Irish athaontú
- athaontúthe unification of something that was previously divided; used especially of a country
Italian riunificazione
- riunificazionethe unification of something that was previously divided; used especially of a country
Japanese 統一
- 統一 (tōitsu)the unification of something that was previously divided; used especially of a country
Korean 통일
- 통일 (tong'il)the unification of something that was previously divided; used especially of a country
Norwegian Bokmål gjenforening
- gjenforeningthe unification of something that was previously divided; used especially of a country
Polish zjednoczenie
- zjednoczeniethe unification of something that was previously divided; used especially of a country
Portuguese reunificação
- reunificaçãothe unification of something that was previously divided; used especially of a country
Romanian reunificare
- reunificarethe unification of something that was previously divided; used especially of a country
Russian воссоедине́ние, объедине́ние
- воссоедине́ние (vossojedinénije)the unification of something that was previously divided; used especially of a country
- объедине́ние (obʺjedinénije)the unification of something that was previously divided; used especially of a country
Spanish reunificación
- reunificaciónthe unification of something that was previously divided; used especially of a country
Swedish återförening
- återföreningthe unification of something that was previously divided; used especially of a country
Turkish yeniden birleşme, uzlaşma
- yeniden birleşmethe unification of something that was previously divided; used especially of a country
- uzlaşmathe unification of something that was previously divided; used especially of a country
Ukrainian возз'є́днання
- возз'є́днання (vozzʺjédnannja)the unification of something that was previously divided; used especially of a country
Vietnamese thống nhất
- thống nhấtthe unification of something that was previously divided; used especially of a country
Cite this entry
APA
reunification. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/reunification
MLA
“reunification.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/reunification. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “reunification,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/reunification.
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