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REVITALISATION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does revitalisation mean? 

REVITALISATION (noun)
  The noun REVITALISATION has 1 sense:

1. bringing again into activity and prominenceplay

  Familiarity information: REVITALISATION used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


REVITALISATION (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Bringing again into activity and prominence

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

resurgence; revitalisation; revitalization; revival; revivification

Context example:

the Gothic revival in architecture

Hypernyms ("revitalisation" is a kind of...):

advance; betterment; improvement (a change for the better; progress in development)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "revitalisation"):

rebirth; Renaissance; Renascence (the revival of learning and culture)

regeneration (the activity of spiritual or physical renewal)

resurrection (a revival from inactivity and disuse)

resuscitation (the act of reviving a person and returning them to consciousness)

Derivation:

revitalise (give new life or vigor to)


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