redintegration
Americannoun
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the act or process of making whole again; renewal
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psychol the process of responding to a part of a situation in the same manner as one has responded to the whole situation, as in the case of a souvenir reminding one of a holiday
Etymology
Origin of redintegration
1425–75; < Latin redintegrātiōn- (stem of redintegrātiō ), equivalent to redintegrāt ( us ) ( redintegrate ) + -iōn- -ion
Example Sentences
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It even appears that in the two instances there is rather an antagonism since heightened memory comes near to the ideal law of total redintegration, which is, as we know, a hindrance to invention.
From Essay on the Creative Imagination by Baron, Albert Heyem Nachmen
There is no possibility of redintegration of destroyed tissues when they are of highly organized character, and so the patient will always be maimed.
From Psychotherapy by Walsh, James J. (James Joseph)
The disintegration of mental forms and their redintegration is the life of the imagination.
From The Sense of Beauty Being the Outlines of Aesthetic Theory by Santayana, George
Creation hindered by complete redintegration, 22; in physiological inhibition, 6; Motor basis of, 258; Physiological and imaginative, 76; versus repetition, 5.
From Essay on the Creative Imagination by Baron, Albert Heyem Nachmen
He says that this suture insures the redintegration of the nerve much better.
From Old-Time Makers of Medicine The Story of The Students And Teachers of the Sciences Related to Medicine During the Middle Ages by Walsh, James Joseph
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