Synonyms of recrudescence

recrudescence

noun

as in recurrence

Related Words

• recurrence
• renewal
• outbreak
• upswing
• upturn
• spurt
• outburst
• increase
• epidemic
• flare
• burst
• flutter
• paroxysm
• pickup
• flurry
• flare-up
• surge
• eruption
• flicker
• flood
• explosion
• flash
• spate
• boost
• deluge
• volley
• commotion
• rush
• furor
• uproar

Dissimilar Words

• calm
• slump
• doldrums

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of recrudescence

This recrudescence of wolf warrior diplomacy is counterproductive and enables Japan to depict China as the bullying hegemon. — Jeff Kingston, Time, 30 Nov. 2025

Who would benefit from the end of community fluoridation and a recrudescence of tooth decay? — Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 22 Nov. 2024

With that comes the prerogative to employ medieval cruelties – recrudescences from pre-modern empire redeployed in the present. — Melik Kaylan, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2023

The coverage of Italy’s recent elections in the American press has portrayed the success of Giorgia Meloni’s Brothers of Italy party as a sudden and dangerous recrudescence of Italy’s fascist past. — Alexander Stille, The New Republic, 4 Oct. 2022

This is also evident in the recrudescence of the Little House on the Prairie look for younger women, a style that has historically been a favorite among the chronically abstinent. — Cintra Wilson, The New York Review of Books, 11 Feb. 2020

All this will lead to a recrudescence of interesting political theory. — The Economist, 19 June 2019

Only this wise, collegial institution prevents a recrudescence of World War II. — Lionel Shriver, Harper's magazine, 10 Apr. 2019

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