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recuperation en · NOUN

Pronunciation

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin recuperātiō. By surface analysis, recuperate + -ion.

Meanings

  1. (uncountable, usually) Gradual restoration to health.
  2. (uncountable, usually) Instance of getting something back.
  3. (uncountable, usually) Process by which radical or subversive ideas are co-opted by mainstream society.
    • [Raoul Vaneigem] I have nothing in common with the spectacular recuperation of a project that, in my case, has remained revolutionary throughout. 2009 May, Hans Ulrich Obrist, “In Conversation with Raoul Vaneigem”, in e-flux, archived from the original on 07 Sep 2009:

Forms

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recuperations Number=Plur lexicographic

Antonyms

detournement

Coordinates

cooptation

Deriveds

nonrecuperation

Relateds

recuperate · recovery and reconstitution

Synonyms

recovery · healing · convalescence

Translations (15)

bg възвръщане (Instance of getting something back) · pl rekuperacja (Instance of getting something back) · de Erholung (convalescence) · es recuperación (convalescence) · de Wiedergewinnung (Instance of getting something back) · fi toipuminen (convalescence) · tr reküperasyon (Instance of getting something back) · es recuperación (Instance of getting something back) · mi mātūtūtanga (convalescence) · fi takaisin saaminen (Instance of getting something back) · tr yeniden kazanma (Instance of getting something back) · ga biseach (convalescence) · bg оздравяване (convalescence) · tr iyileşme (convalescence) · pl rekonwalescencja (convalescence)