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REVITALIZATION
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Dictionary entry overview: What does revitalization mean?
• REVITALIZATION (noun)
The noun REVITALIZATION has 1 sense:
1. bringing again into activity and prominence
Familiarity information: REVITALIZATION used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
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 ("revitalization" is a kind of...):
advance; betterment; improvement (a change for the better; progress in development)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "revitalization"):
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:
revitalize (give new life or vigor to)
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