Rebirth

Definitions: Rebirth

Rebirth

Noun

1. After death the soul begins a new cycle of existence in another human body.

2. A second or new birth.

3. The revival of learning and culture.

4. A spiritual enlightenment causing a person to lead a new life.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "rebirth" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1550. (references)

Synonyms: Rebirth

Crosswords: Rebirth

Or Rebirth of a Nation Acid Mantra (1968)

Rebirth (1999)

Holding Ground: The Rebirth of Dudley Street (1996)

Rebirth of the Babymaker (1994)

Samsara: Death and Rebirth in Cambodia (1989)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Books

• New Shanghai: The Rocky Rebirth of China's Legendary City (reference)

• The Spiral Dance: A Rebirth of the Ancient Religion of the Great Goddess (reference)

• Triumph Over Tragedy: September 11 and the Rebirth of a Business (reference)

  (more book examples)

Theater & Movies

• Kirk Franklin: The Rebirth of Kirk Franklin (reference)

• Neon Genesis Evangelion - Death & Rebirth (Dubbed in English) (reference)

• Transformers - Heroes - Rebirth Parts 1-3 (reference)

  (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music

• Rebirth (reference)

• Rebirth of Cool, Vol. 3 [US] (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

High Tech

• PROPELLERHEAD ReBirth Techno Micro Composer (reference)

  (more camera examples; more video game examples; more computer examples; more electronic examples; more software examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Rebirth of scrap metal.Credit: Library of Congress.

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Business

Its major emphasis will be on preventing the rebirth of the devaluation-inflation-devaluation cycle suffered in the mid-1980's. (references)

Foreign visitors started coming to the Czech Republic (then Czechoslovakia) shortly after November 1989 to see both the rebirth of democracy as well as the history of the country. (references)

Economic History

Pakistan

The first months of 1986 witnessed a rebirth of political activity throughout Pakistan. (references)

Tajikistan

The inclusion of an overtly declared Islamic party committed to secular government (Islamic Rebirth Party) and several other parties in the Parliamentary elections represented an improvement in the Tajik people's right to choose their government. (references)

Chile

The U.S. Government applauded the rebirth of democratic practices in Chile in the late 1980s and early 1990s and sees the maintenance of a vibrant democracy and a healthy and sustainable economy as among the most important U.S. interests in Chile. (references)

Minorities

India

Members of each caste--and frequently each subcaste--are expected to fulfill a specific set of duties (known as dharma) in order to secure elevation to a higher caste through rebirth. (references)

Political Economy

Madagascar

The election was accepted widely as free and fair, and the winner, former Second Republic President Didier Ratsiraka, took office in February 1997. Since 1997 Ratsiraka and his party, the Association for the Rebirth of Madagascar (AREMA), have consolidated power and greatly weakened the previously strong non-AREMA parties. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Expression using "rebirth": spiritual rebirth. Additional references.

Beginning with "rebirth": rebirth-type.

Ending with "rebirth": death-and-rebirth, Psl-rebirth.

Albanian

rilindje (regenerate, renaissance, renascence, renewal, resurrection). (various references)

Arabic 

‏نهضة (awakening, renaissance, renewal, revival, rising), ‏ولادة جديدة (renaissance), ‏إنبعاث (emission, resurrection, revival), ‏إحياء (animation, raise, regeneration, renovation, restoration, resuscitation, revival). (various references)

Bulgarian 

възраждане (palingenesis, renaissance, renascence, renewal, revival), обновяване, прераждане (metempsychosis, palingenesis, regeneration, reincarnation of souls, second birth). (various references)

Chinese 

重�"�. (various references)

Czech

znovuzrození. (various references)

Farsi 

تولدتازه , تولدروحانی , تجدیدحیات (Renascence, Resurgence), باززاد (Regeneration). (various references)

Finnish

uudestisyntyminen (regeneration). (various references)

French

renaissance (reawakening, renaissance, renascence, revival). (various references)

German

Wiedergeburt (reincarnation, renaissance, renascence). (various references)

Greek 

αναγέννηση (reclaiming, regeneracy, regeneration, renaissance, renascence). (various references)

Hebrew 

תקומ�" (existence, recovery, resistance, resurrection, revival, stand, uprising), תחי�" (regeneration, renaissance, renascence, renewal, revival), �"תחיות (renaiscence, revival). (various references)

Hungarian

újjászületés (greening, palingenesis, regeneration, rejuvenation, renascence, revival), megújhodás (regeneration, rejuvenation). (various references)

Indonesian

lahir kembali. (various references)

Italian

rinascita (renaissance, resurgence, revival). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

蘇�"� (regeneration, rehabilitation, reorganization, resurrection, resuscitation, reviving), �"�まれ変わり (reincarnation), �"��"� (regeneration, rehabilitation, reorganization, resurrection, resuscitation, reviving), 新�"� (nascent, new birth), 更�"� (regeneration, rehabilitation, reorganization, resuscitation), 再�"� (narrow escape, playback, reclamation, regeneration, regrowth, reincarnation, resuscitation, return to life). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

そせい (composition, constitution, crude construction or manufacture, regeneration, rehabilitation, reorganization, resurrection, resuscitation, reviving), し�"せい (a new government or administration, application, authentic, dignity, direct Imperial rule, disposition, divinity, genuine, holiness, inborn nature, mind, nascent, nature, new birth, new face, new system, nova, petition, pure, request, sacredness, theocracy, true), さいせい (church and state, Jupiter, narrow escape, playback, reclamation, reconditioning, regeneration, regrowth, reincarnation, remanufacture, resuscitation, return to life, second punitive expedition), うまれかわり (reincarnation), �"うせい (aggression, calibration, composition, constancy, correction, correction of press, fairness, fixed star, future generations, future life, hardness, impartiality, justice, life to come, loud or high-pitched voice, made of steel, matchless, offensive, organization, posterity, proofreading, public welfare, rectification, regeneration, rehabilitation, reorganization, resuscitation, revision, tropism, unparalleled, Welfare Ministry, younger people). (various references)

Korean 

중생. (various references)

Manx

aaruggyr (renaissance). (various references)

Pig Latin

ebirthray

Portuguese

renascer (revive). (various references)

Romanian

renaştere (renaissance, renascence, renewal, resurgence, revival), înviere (resurrection, revival). (various references)

Russian 

возрождение (new birth, reappearance, regeneration, renaissance, renascence, renascense, renewal, resurgence, revival, second birth). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

preporod (palingenesis, regeneration, renaissance, renascence, renascense). (various references)

Spanish

renacimiento (renaissance, renascence, revival). (various references)

Swedish

pånyttfödelse (regeneration, renascense), återupplivande. (various references)

Thai

การเกิ�"ใหม่. (various references)

Turkish

rönesans (renaissance, renascence), yeniden doğuş (renaissance, renascence), canlanma (boom, coming to life, refreshment, renaissance, renascense, resurgence, revival). (various references)

Ukranian 

відродження (reappearance, regeneration, renaissance, renascence, resurgence, revival, revivification, second born), воскресіння (reanimation, resurrection), переселення душ. (various references)

Vietnamese 

sự sinh lại, sự hiện thân mới. (various references)

Welsh

dadeni (reanimate, regenerate, renaissance, renascence), ailenedigaeth (regeneration), adenedigaeth (regeneration). (various references)

Derivations

Words beginning with "rebirth": rebirths. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Rebirth" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Gewirth, Neubarth, Rabitah, Raibeirt, Reberty, rebirthers, Ricberht, rubarto, Treborth. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-2 letters: berth, birth, biter, brier, hirer, ither, their, tribe, trier.

-3 letters: beth, bier, birr, bite, brie, brit, heir, herb, hire, rite, thir, tier, tire.

-4 letters: bet, bit, brr, err, eth, her, het, hie, hit, ire, reb, rei, ret, rib, the, tie.

-5 letters: be, bi, eh, er, et, he, hi, it, re, ti.

+1 letter: brighter, rebirths.

+2 letters: birthrate, breathier.

+3 letters: afterbirth, birthrates, brightener, brothering, hibernator, overbright.

+4 letters: afterbirths, birdwatcher, bitterbrush, brighteners, hairbreadth, hibernators, interbranch, superbright, thunderbird.

+5 letters: birdwatchers, featherbrain, hairbreadths, hairsbreadth, heartburning, interborough, straightbred, thimbleberry, thunderbirds.

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