Resurrections

Part of speech: noun

Definitions

1. The act of bringing someone or something back to life, often associated with religious or spiritual beliefs
2. a reinstatement or revival of something that was previously ceased or ended
3. the concept of returning to a previous state or condition, especially in terms of an idea, trend, or cultural practice

Etymology: The plural "resurrections" is simply the form of "resurrection," which was taken into English in Middle English from Anglo-Norman and Old French, ultimately from Late Latin "resurrēctiōnem." That Latin noun comes from "resurgō," meaning "to rise again," built from "re-" ("again") and "surgō" ("to rise"). Notably, "resurrection" displaced the native Old English word "ǣrist," which meant something close to "rising again," so English once had its own word for the idea before this Latin import took over. The modern sense of revival or reinstatement grows naturally from the literal idea of rising again. The word is most familiar from its religious use for the rising of the dead, and the broader sense of bringing back something that had ended is an extension of that same image of return. The plural form simply counts separate revivals of this kind.

Synonyms: revivals, rebirths, restorations, renewals, revitalizations

Antonyms: deaths, extinctions, eradications, obliterations, cessations