REANIMATION Synonyms: 23 Similar and Opposite Words

reanimation

noun

Definition of reanimation

as in revival

the act or an instance of bringing something back to life, public attention, or vigorous activity a call for the reanimation of curfew ordinances that were discarded decades ago

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Recent Examples of reanimation The Bride not looking like a monster and retaining her desirability after reanimation is common, but only sometimes interrogated. — Rory Doherty, Time, 7 Mar. 2026 Buckley, who was also on the panel, said the Bride’s reanimation isn’t frightening so much as electrifying. — Kennedy French, Variety, 6 Mar. 2026 As Violette has suggested more than once, these images have a zombielike quality, and the reanimation of the dead is always a horror story. — Rachel Wetzler, Artforum, 1 Feb. 2026 Del Toro, perpetually attuned to the minutiae of process, turns the sinewy logistics of reanimation into a series of referendums on Victor’s humanity. — Justin Chang, New Yorker, 28 Oct. 2025 Societal fascination with reanimation spans centuries. — Mike Fleming Jr, Deadline, 20 Oct. 2025 Prior to their reanimation by Hope and her magic contract, the Tappers are in a state of almost-hysterical obsolescence. — James Parker, The Atlantic, 12 Sep. 2025

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Noun

Directed by Thomas Kail, the current production marks the play’s first Broadway revival.

— Dave Quinn, PEOPLE, 11 July 2026
Presented by Hollywood Entertainment, the evening could be ground zero for the next stage of the misbegotten movie’s revival.

— Mark Olsen, Los Angeles Times, 10 July 2026

Definition of revival

Noun

That combination is why College Football 27 reads as the high point of EA's football resurgence, the same late-prime form that carried its recent UFC entry.

— Brian Mazique, Forbes.com, 6 July 2026
With a roster built around aging veterans in Domantas Sabonis, 30, DeMar DeRozan, 36, and Zach LaVine, 31, Acuff will be asked to help lead the franchise’s next resurgence.

— Devon Henderson, New York Times, 5 July 2026

Definition of resurgence

Noun

Anyone who questioned why Tielemans, rather than Kevin De Bruyne or Thibaut Courtois, is Belgium captain got an emphatic answer in their remarkable resurrection against Senegal.

— Liam Twomey, New York Times, 4 July 2026
But, as a figure of the Enlightenment and thus a believer in reason and science, the former president discounted the miracles associated with Jesus — including his virgin birth and supposed resurrection.

— Letters to the Editor, The Orlando Sentinel, 28 June 2026

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