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recuperations

recuperations is the plural of recuperation.

Meaning of recuperation

Noun

recuperation (usually uncountable, plural recuperations)

  1. (usually) Gradual restoration to health.
  2. (usually) Instance of getting something back.
  3. (usually) Process by which radical or subversive ideas are co-opted by mainstream society.
    • [Raoul Vaneigem] I have nothing in common with the spectacular recuperation of a project that, in my case, has remained revolutionary throughout.2009 May, Hans Ulrich Obrist, “In Conversation with Raoul Vaneigem”, in e-flux, archived from the original on 07 Sep 2009
    Antonyms:
    detournement

Questions about recuperations

What is recuperations the plural of?
Recuperations is the plural of recuperation.

Words near recuperations in the dictionary

  1. recuperate
  2. recuperated
  3. recuperates
  4. recuperating
  5. recuperation
  6. recuperations
  7. recuperative
  8. recuperative thermal oxidizer
  9. recuperative thermal oxidizers
  10. recuperatively
  11. recuperativeness

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