renaissance

noun

1. A rebirth or revival.

   “The news of her death is shocking, in part, because she was in the midst of a late-career renaissance. It seemed possible that we would see her continue to play some of these characters, not to mention a raft of new ones, for another generation.”

2. (alt-of, historical)Alternative letter-case form of Renaissance.
3. (broadly)Any similar artistic or intellectual revival.

   “the Harlem Renaissance”

   “Gelernter believes that computers and their mirror-world capabilities will usher in a Renaissance of the human spirit.”

   “Out of every Dark Age there emerged new Renaissances of civilization (Goody 2010; Modelski 2007), and over time they expanded the boundaries of civilization leading to the formation of new empires such as the Assyrian, Persian, Greek, and Roman empires in the west, and similar new empires in east and south-east Asia (China and later empires in Burma, Korea, and Japan), Africa (the Bantu), and south America (the Incas).”

   “The Renaissance Is Having a Renaissance [title]”

   “Yann LeCun, chief AI scientist at Meta, recently said it was “preposterous” to believe that an AI could threaten humanity. Rather, intelligent machines would stimulate a second Renaissance in learning and help us tackle climate change and cure diseases.”

name

1. (historical)The 14th-century revival of classical art, architecture, literature and learning that originated in Italy and spread throughout Europe over the following two centuries.
2. The period of this revival, typically lasting from the late 14th to the late 16th centuries; the transition from medieval to modern times.

adj

1. (not-comparable)Of, or relating to the Renaissance.
2. (not-comparable)Of, or relating to the style of art or architecture of the Renaissance.