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renaissance

6 definitions • 4 examples
1
a new growth of activity or interest in something, especially art, literature, or music:

Examples:

Opera is enjoying a long-awaited renaissance.
2
the period of new growth of interest and activity in the areas of art, literature, and ideas in Europe during the 15th and 16th centuries
3
from or relating to the period when there was a new increase in interest and activity in art, literature, and ideas in Europe during the 15th and 16th centuries:

Examples:

Renaissance art/painting/architecture
4
a new growth or interest in something, esp. art, literature, or music:

Examples:

a poetry renaissance
5
The Renaissance was a period of growth and activity in the areas of art, literature, and ideas in Europe during the 14th, 15th, and 16th centuries.
6
a situation when there is new interest in something and it becomes strong and active again:

Examples:

experience/see/undergo a renaissance Around the beginning of the 21st century, the area's wine industry underwent something of a renaissance.

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