renaissance

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But critics say such a renaissance is a pipe dream, and all indications are that the state's political leaders lack the will to honestly and seriously address the problem.

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  1. noun A rebirth or revival.
  2. noun The humanistic revival of classical art, architecture, literature, and learning that originated in Italy in the 14th century and later spread throughout Europe.
  3. noun The period of this revival, roughly the 14th through the 16th century, marking the transition from medieval to modern times.

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  • But critics say such a renaissance is a pipe dream, and all indications are that the state's political leaders lack the will to honestly and seriously address the problem. —  thenewsstar.com - Local News
  • "Indeed, the renaissance is already under way, including major projects such as the Airdrie-Bathgate services and the Glasgow Airport Rail Link."
  • Understood this way, a renaissance is a moment of reframing. —  Open Source Democracy
  • The art of the renaissance was the flower of a double root, and the artists used their complex stuff naïvely. —  A History of English Romanticism in the Eighteenth Century
  • The greatest work of the renaissance was the elimination of physical force in the struggle of religious groups, in religious struggles generally; the greatest work of our generation will be elimination of physical force from the struggle of the political groups and from political struggles generally. —  Peace Theories and the Balkan War
 

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  1. French, from Old French, from renaistre, to be born again, from Vulgar Latin *renāscere, from Latin renāscī : re-, re- + nāscī, to be born; see genə- in Indo-European roots.

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/ (rĕnˌĭ-sänsˈ, -zänsˈ, rĕnˈĭ-sänsˌ, -zänsˌ, rĭ-nāˈsəns)/
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