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Definition: Resurgence |
ResurgenceNoun1. The coming again into activity and prominence; "the revival of trade"; "a revival of a neglected play by Moliere"; "the Gothic revival in architecture". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "resurgence" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1818. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Mining | See:emergence. (references) |
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Synonyms: ResurgenceSynonyms: revitalisation (n), revitalization (n), revival (n), revivification (n). (additional references) |
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Screenplays | Well, other than a slight obsession with my weight and the resurgence of a few pimples, it's been simply grand (Baldur's Gate II: Shadows of Amn; writing credit: Verónica Suárez) | |
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Health | Mintz ED, Tauxe, RT, Levine MM. The global resurgence of cholera. (references) | |
The development of newer forms of the dye has contributed to the resurgence of this promising form of treatment may prevent patients from having multiple surgical procedures. (references) | ||
The recent resurgence of the deer population in the northeast and the influx of suburban developments into rural areas where deer ticks are commonly found have probably contributed to the disease's rising prevalence. (references) | ||
Business | Herbals have enjoyed a resurgence in popularity since the late 1960s, and are used by an estimated 7 percent of the U.K. population. (references) | |
This niche in the beer market is enjoying a resurgence and, while very competitive, opportunities exist for foreign suppliers to the micro-beer market to introduce their beer to Australia. (references) | ||
Civil Liberties | Thailand | There were no reports during the year that foreign missionaries were deported or harassed for working without registration, although the activities of Muslim professors and clerics were subjected disproportionately to scrutiny on national security grounds because of continued government concern about the potential resurgence of Muslim separatist activities in the south. (references) |
Economic History | Mongolia | Since 1990, as liberalization began, Buddhism has enjoyed a resurgence. (references) |
Rwanda | The 9% increase in real GDP for 1995, the first postwar year, signaled the resurgence of economic activity. (references) | |
Minorities | Spain | In 2000 the Council of Europe cited a resurgence in nationalism, sometimes violent, which manifested itself in intolerance towards Roma, Africans, and Arabs. (references) |
Political Economy | Saint Lucia | However, in 2000 gross domestic product was estimated to have grown 0.7 percent, compared with 3.5 percent in 1999. This lower growth reflected slowing in construction and in the distributive trades, which occurred despite a good year for tourism, a resurgence in banana output, and a noticeable increase in livestock and fish production. (references) |
Women | Libya | However, employment gains by women tend to be inhibited by lingering traditional restrictions that discourage women from playing an active role in the workplace and by the resurgence of Islamic fundamentalist values. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Resurgence" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 99.22% of the time. "Resurgence" is used about 256 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 99.22% | 254 | 18,599 |
| Noun (proper) | 0.78% | 2 | 245,945 |
| Total | 100.00% | 256 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Hypenated Usage | |
Ending with "resurgence": Right-resurgence. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
resurgence | 17 |
resurgence silent | 6 |
magazine resurgence | 5 |
resurgence theater | 3 |
asset management resurgence | 3 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "resurgence"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | rishfaqje (reappearance, recurrence, rerun), rigjallërim (revival). (various references) | |
Arabic | طفرة جديدة, ظهر مجددا. (various references) | |
Bulgarian | съживяване (renascense, renewal, renovation, resurrection, revival, revivification), активизиране. (various references) | |
Chinese | 回潮. (various references) | |
Czech | obnova (recovery, renaissance, renewal). (various references) | |
Farsi | تجدیدفعالیت (Pickup), تجدیدحیات (Rebirth, Renascence), طغیان مجدد, بازخیز. (various references) | |
French | redémarrage (recovery), réapparition (reappearance, recurrence, retrieval). (various references) | |
German | Wiederaufleben (reawaken, reawakening, rekindle, revival, revive, revivification, reviviscence, to rekindle). (various references) | |
Greek | ύψωση (elevation, heave, levitation, lift, rise, up beat), ξαναζωντάνεμα, επαναδραστηριοποίηση, ανέγερση (construction, erection), αναζωπύρωση (rekindling). (various references) | |
Hungarian | újjáéledés (kiss of life, rebirth, rejuvenescence, renascence, resuscitation, revival). (various references) | |
Indonesian | kebangkitan (resurrection). (various references) | |
Italian | risorgiva, rinascita (rebirth, renaissance, revival). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 中興 (restoration, revival). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | ちゅう"う (12-2 a.m., cast steel, daylight, loyalty and filial piety, metal caster, middle watch, restoration, revival, the mean). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | esurgenceray.(various references) | |
Portuguese | ressurreição (pax, resurrection), ressurgimento (resurrection), resfriamento (cooling), levantamento (close, drive, levy, lift, lifting, making, setting-up, uplift, weighing). (various references) | |
Romanian | renaştere (rebirth, renaissance, renascence, renewal, revival), redeşteptare (reawakening, revival), reînviere (resurrection, resuscitation, revival). (various references) | |
Russian | возрождение (new birth, reappearance, rebirth, regeneration, renaissance, renascence, renascense, renewal, revival, second birth). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | ponovo ustajanje, oživljenje (resurrection, resuscitation, revival). (various references) | |
Spanish | resurgimiento (revival). (various references) | |
Swedish | återuppvaknande (resurgent). (various references) | |
Turkish | yeniden dirilme, güçlenme, canlanma (boom, coming to life, rebirth, refreshment, renaissance, renascense, revival). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | відродження (reappearance, rebirth, regeneration, renaissance, renascence, revival, revivification, second born), воскрешення (evocation, resurrection). (various references) | |
Vietnamese | sự lại nổi lên, sự lại mọc lên sự sống lại. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "resurgence": resurgences. (additional references) | |
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"Resurgence" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: resurence, resurgance, resurgencen, resurgens. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "resurgence" (pronounced rēser"juns) |
| 5 | -er" j u n s | convergence, divergence, emergence, reemergence, submergence. |
| 4 | -j u n s | allegiance, counterintelligence, diligence, indulgence, intelligence, intransigence, negligence, vengeance. |
| 3 | -u n s | absence, abstinence, abundance, acceptance, accordance, abeyance, abhorrence, acquaintance, acquiescence, adherence, admirations, admittance, adolescence, affluence, alliance, allowance, ambiance, ambience, ambivalence, ambulance, annoyance, appearance, appliance, arrogance, ascendance, assistance, assurance, attendance, audience, avoidance, balance, belligerence, beneficence, benevolence, bioscience, brilliance, cadence, capacitance, chrominance, circumference, clairvoyance, Clarence, clearance, coexistence, cognizance, coherence, coincidence, coinsurance, comeuppance, competence, compliance, concurrence, condolence, conference, confidence, confluence, conformance, congruence, connivance, conscience, consequence, consistence, continuance, contrivance, convalescence, convenience, conveyance, correspondence, countenance, counterbalance, credence, dalliance, decadence, Defeasance, deference, defiance, deliverance, dependence, deterrence, deviance, difference, disallowance, disappearance, discontinuance, disobedience, dissidence, dissonance, distance, disturbance, dominance, ebullience, elegance, eloquence, eminence, endurance, entrance, equivalence, essence, evanescence, evidence, excellence, existence, expedience, experience, extravagance, exuberance, flamboyance, Florence, forbearance, fragrance, furtherance, governance, grievance, guidance, hindrance, ignorance, imbalance, immanence, imminence, impatience, impedance, importance, impotence, imprudence, inadvertence, incidence, incoherence, incompetence, incontinence, inconvenience, independence, indifference, inductance, inexperience, inference, influence, inheritance, innocence, insignificance, insistence, insolence, instance, insurance, interdependence, interference, intolerance, invariance, irrelevance, irreverence, issuance, jurisprudence, licence, license, luminance, luminescence, maintenance, malfeasance, neuroscience, noncompliance, noninterference, nonviolence, nuisance, obedience, observance, obsolescence, occurrence, omnipotence, omnipresence, opulence, ordinance, Ordnance, overabundance, overconfidence, overdependence, overreliance, parlance, patience, penance, performance, permanence, persecutions, perseverance, persistence, pestilence, petulance, phosphorescence, pittance, precedence, predominance, preeminence, preference, preponderance, prescience, presence, prevalence, prominence, protuberance, provenance, Providence, province, prudence, pseudoscience, quintessence, radiance, reappearance, reassurance, recalcitrance, recognizance, reconnaissance, recurrence, reference, reinspections, reinsurance, relevance, reliance, reluctance, remembrance, reminiscence, remittance, repentance, resemblance, residence, resilience, resistance, resonance, reticence, reverence, riddance, science, semblance, senescence, sentence, sequence, severance, significance, silence, subservience, subsidence, subsistence, substance, surveillance, sustenance, teleconference, temperance, tolerance, transcendence, transference, transience, turbulence, unbalance, utterance, Valence, variance, vehemence, videoconference, vigilance, violence, virulence. |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "c-e-e-e-g-n-r-r-s-u" | |
-2 letters: censurer, regreens, renegers, rescreen, resecure, screener. | |
-3 letters: censure, ensurer, greener, regreen, reneger, reneges, rescuer, resurge, securer, serener, sneerer. | |
-4 letters: censer, cereus, ceruse, creese, curers, curser, ensure, enures, genres, greens, nurser, recurs, recuse, renege, reruns, rescue, reseen, screen, secern, secure, serene, surger, urgers. | |
-5 letters: cense, ceres, cruse, curer, cures, curns, currs, curse, ecrus, egers, ensue. | |
| Words containing the letters "c-e-e-e-g-n-r-r-s-u" | |
+1 letter: resurgences. | |
+3 letters: recentrifuges. | |
+4 letters: overencourages. | |
+5 letters: gyrofrequencies. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Usage: Modern 4. Usage: Commercial | 5. Quotations: Non-fiction 6. Usage Frequency 7. Expressions 8. Expressions: Internet | 9. Translations: Modern 10. Derivations 11. Rhymes 12. Anagrams | 13. Bibliography |
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