NOUN | time | Renascence, Renaissance | the period of European history at the close of the Middle Ages and the rise of the modern world |
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event | renascence, reincarnation, rebirth | a second or new birth | |
act | Renascence, rebirth, Renaissance | the revival of learning and culture |
Meaning | The period of European history at the close of the Middle Ages and the rise of the modern world; a cultural rebirth from the 14th through the middle of the 17th centuries. | |
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Synonym | Renaissance | |
Instance of | historic period, age | An era of history having some distinctive feature |
Part of | history | The aggregate of past events |
Parts | High Renaissance | The artistic style of early 16th century painting / painting in Florence and Rome |
Italian Renaissance | The early period when Italy was the center of the Renaissance | |
quattrocento | The 15th century in Italian art and literature | |
Spanish | renacimiento | |
Catalan | renaixement |
Meaning | A second or new birth. | |
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Synonyms | reincarnation, rebirth | |
Narrower | cycle of rebirth | (Hinduism) repeated rebirth in new forms |
transmigration | The passing of a soul into another body after death | |
Broader | birth, nativity, nascency, nascence | The event of being born |
Spanish | reencarnación, renacimiento | |
Catalan | reencarnació, renaixement |
Meaning | The revival of learning and culture. | |
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Synonyms | rebirth, Renaissance | |
Broader | revival, resurgence, revitalization, revitalisation, revivification | Bringing again into activity and prominence |
Spanish | renacimiento | |
Catalan | renaixement | |
Adjectives | renascent | rising again as to new life and vigor |
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