Risorgimento

[ ri-zawr-juh-men-toh, -sawr-; Italian ree-zawr-jee-men-taw ]

noun

, plural Ri·sor·gi·men·tos, Italian Ri·sor·gi·men·ti [r, ee-zaw, r, -jee-, men, -tee]

1. the period of or the movement for the liberation and unification of Italy 1750–1870.
2. (lowercase) any period or instance of rebirth or renewed activity; resurgence:

   The company's risorgimento surprised Wall Street observers.

Risorgimento

/ rɪˌsɔːdʒɪˈmɛntəʊ /

noun

1. the period of and the movement for the political unification of Italy in the 19th century

Word History and Origins

Origin of Risorgimento¹

From Italian, equivalent to risorg(ere) “to rise again” (from Latin resurgere; resurge ) + -i- -i- + -mento -ment

Word History and Origins

Origin of Risorgimento¹

Italian, from risorgere to rise again, from Latin resurgere , from re- + surgere to rise

Example Sentences

After several years and five drafts, they had run into a wall on a different project, an adaptation of David I. Kertzer’s 1997 book “The Kidnapping of Edgardo Mortara,” a grand historical epic about an antisemitic crime perpetrated by the Vatican, set during the Italian Risorgimento.

From New York Times

Is she the love poet famous for “How do I love thee? Let me count the ways”? The chronicler of the Italian Risorgimento for staid British readers?

From New York Times

In the 1920s, fascism captured Italy, in which, it has been said, the poetry of the Risorgimento — national unification achieved in 1870 — was followed by “the prose of everyday existence.”

From Washington Post

For all my frustrations with this country, I’m an Italian patriot, obsessed by the underdog heroics of the Risorgimento in the mid-late 19th century, when Giuseppe Garibaldi’s guerrillas fought for Italian reunification against the European super-powers.

From The Guardian

This is especially true of “Senso” and “The Leopard,” both set against the time of the Risorgimento, and also of “L’Innocente,” which takes place at the height of La Belle Epoque, which was to be destroyed by World War I.

From Los Angeles Times

Related Words

• reactivation
• rebirth
• recovery
• regeneration
• rejuvenation
• renaissance
• renewal
• restoration
• resurgence
• resuscitation