recuperation

See also: récupération

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EnglishEdit

EtymologyEdit

Borrowing from Latin recuperātiō; synchronically analyzable as recuperate +‎ -ion.

NounEdit

recuperation (usually uncountable, plural recuperations)

1. Gradual restoration to health; convalescence.
2. Instance of getting something back.
3. (sociology) Process by which radical or subversive ideas are co-opted by mainstream society.

AntonymsEdit

• (process in sociology): detournement

TranslationsEdit

convalescence

• German: Erholung (de) f
• Irish: biseach m

• Maori: mātūtūtanga
• Turkish: iyileşme (tr), sağlığa kavuşma, sıhhatı kavuşma (dated)

Instance of getting something back

• German: Wiedergewinnung f

• Turkish: yeniden kazanma

(sociology): Process by which radical or subversive ideas are co-opted by mainstream society

See alsoEdit

• recovery and reconstitution

Further readingEdit

• Recuperation (recovery) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Recuperation (sociology) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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Middle FrenchEdit

NounEdit

recuperation f (plural recuperations)

1. recuperation (instance of getting something back)