Rerecognition

//ɹiˌɹɛkəɡˈnɪʃən// noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A resumed or additional recognition, especially after a lapse or pause. rare, uncountable

    "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."

Example

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"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."

Etymology

From re- + recognition.

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