renaissance
noun/rɪˈneɪsns/
/ˈrenəsɑːns/
[singular]- the Renaissancethe period in Europe during the fourteenth, fifteenth and sixteenth centuries when people became interested in the ideas and culture of ancient Greece and Rome and used these influences in their own art, literature, etc.
- Renaissance art
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- a situation when there is new interest in a particular subject, form of art, etc. after a period when it was not very popular synonym revival
- The British film industry is currently enjoying something of a renaissance.
- to experience a renaissance
Word Originfrom French renaissance, from re- ‘back, again’ + naissance ‘birth’ (from Latin nascentia, from nasci ‘be born’).
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