Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A second or new birth; reincarnation.
- noun A renaissance; a revival.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Renewed birth; a repeated birth into temporal existence, as of a soul, according to the doctrine of metempsychosis; a new entrance into a living form: now oftener called
reincarnation . - noun Renewed life or activity; entrance into a new course or phase of existence; reanimation; resuscitation; renascence; regeneration.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun
Reincarnation ; newbirth subsequent to one's first. - noun
Revival , reinvigoration. - noun Spiritual renewal.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the revival of learning and culture
- noun after death the soul begins a new cycle of existence in another human body
- noun a spiritual enlightenment causing a person to lead a new life
- noun a second or new birth
Etymologies
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Examples
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The engine of this rebirth is a young highly motivated population with high intellectual potential, a potential that grew out of our strong education tradition, a potential we are willing to share with others since we are the youngest society in Europe.
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Does that mean that all the hype about Chile's rebirth is merited?
Pinochet's legacy Peter Preston 2010
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Indeed, the Fed's resolve to fight deflation risks in my view is a key factor that will help with what I call the rebirth of pricing power ...
Deflation-fighting and Depreciation, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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Africa's "renaissance" or rebirth is in the hands of its young people yearning to breathe free and struggling to exert their creative impulses to lift the continent out of poverty and dictatorship.
Alemayehu G. Mariam: Ethiopia: Education Unbanned! Alemayehu G. Mariam 2010
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Africa's "renaissance" or rebirth is in the hands of its young people yearning to breathe free and struggling to exert their creative impulses to lift the continent out of poverty and dictatorship.
Alemayehu G. Mariam: Ethiopia: Education Unbanned! Alemayehu G. Mariam 2010
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Now, a rebirth is nigh: Gaylord will reopen Opryland on Nov. 15 after spending $270 million to restore the resort as well as the adjacent Grand Ole Opry and the Wildhorse Saloon.
A Greenhouse 2010
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I believe in rebirth and I hope that Micheal Dell is reborn as a Dell Tech Support guy in India …
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No death or rebirth is too small to be marveled over and recorded, but paradoxically, Klinkenborg's careful observation and reflective, uncomplicated language generate their own suspense .....
The Rural Life: Summary and book reviews of The Rural Life by Verlyn Klinkenborg. 2002
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For this reason you believe in rebirth in spite of the degradation and frailty of man.
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Furthermore, by encouraging the growth -- or rather "rebirth" --- of our forgotten manufacturing base, a system of tariffs would encourage the production of goods for export, thus bringing in yet more revenue.
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