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rerecognition

UK/ɹiːˌɹɛkəɡˈnɪʃən/US/ɹiˌɹɛkəɡˈnɪʃən/

rerecognition noun: a resumed or additional recognition, especially after a lapse or pause.

Noun

rerecognition (uncountable)

  1. (rare) A resumed or additional recognition, especially after a lapse or pause.
    • The osteopaths have helped many of these patients, since the nature of the malady has been forgotten by most doctors of the scientific era. Valleix and his contemporaries described the headaches many years ago. Their modern rerecognition has come chiefly through the Swedish sources.1913, Lewellyn F. Barker, Smith Ely Jelliffe, “XVIII: Neuroses”, in Frank Billings, editor, Forchheimer's Therapeusis of Internal Diseases, volume IV, New York: D. Appleton & Company, page 605
    • The struggle continues to establish a land base and acquire recognition (or rerecognition) for some bands. Pinoleville must deal with environmentally hazardous industries established within its borders.1998 October, Barry M. Pritzker, “Pomo”, in Native Americans: An Encyclopedia of History, Culture, and Peoples, volume 2, Santa Barbara, California: ABC-CLIO, →ISBN, page 190

Forms of rerecognition

alternative formre-recognition

Origin of rerecognition

From re- + recognition.

Questions about rerecognition

What does rerecognition mean?
Rerecognition means a resumed or additional recognition, especially after a lapse or pause.
What part of speech is rerecognition?
Rerecognition is a noun.
How do you pronounce rerecognition?
Rerecognition is pronounced /ɹiːˌɹɛkəɡˈnɪʃən/ (UK).

Words near rerecognition in the dictionary

  1. rereading
  2. rereadings
  3. rereads
  4. rerebrace
  5. rerebraces
  6. rerecognition
  7. rerecommend
  8. rerecommended
  9. rerecord
  10. rerecordable
  11. rerecorded

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