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Synonyms for re-construction
Grammar : Noun |
Spell : ree-kuh n-struhk-shuh n |
Phonetic Transcription : ˌri kənˈstrʌk ʃən |
Top 10 synonyms for re-construction
- about-face
- acclimation
- adaptation
- addition
- afterthought
- alteration
- amendment
- anamnesis
- born again
- break
- change
- change of heart
- changeover
- compression
- contraction
- conversion
- correction
- cure
- darn
- deposit
- distortion
- diversification
- eolith
- exchange
- flash
- flashback
- flip-flop
- flux
- growth
- healing
- hindsight
- impression
- improving
- instauration
- mend
- mental image
- metamorphosis
- metanoia
- metasis
- mind
- modernization
- modulation
- mutation
- neolith
- new part
- novelty
- paleolith
- passage
- passing
- patch
- permutation
- petrifaction
- progress
- proselytization
- qualification
- realignment
- reanimation
- rearrangement
- rebirth
- recall
- reclamation
- recognition
- reconstruction
- recovery
- recreation
- recuperation
- redecoration
- redemption
- redintegration
- reestablishment
- refinement
- refitting
- reform
- reformation
- refurbishing
- refurbishment
- refurnishing
- regard
- regeneration
- rehabilitation
- reimbursement
- reinstatement
- reinstitution
- reinvigoration
- rejuvenation
- relic
- remaking
- remedy
- reminiscence
- remodeling
- remodelling
- renewal
- renovation
- reorganization
- repair
- reparation
- repatriation
- replacement
- replanning
- resetting
- reshaping
- resolution
- resolving
- restitution
- restoration
- resumption
- retrospect
- return
- reversal
- revision
- revival
- revivification
- revolution
- reworking
- see the light
- shift
- shifting
- skeleton
- specimen
- substitution
- surrogate
- switch
- tempering
- thought
- trace
- transfiguration
- transformation
- transition
- translation
- transmogrification
- transmutation
- transubstantiation
- turn
- turning
- turning around
- turnover
- variance
- variation
- variety
- vicissitude
Définition of re-construction
Origin :- 1791, "action or process of reconstructing," from re- + construction. In U.S. political history sense (usually with a capital R-), from 1865. It had been used during the American Civil War in reference to reconstitution of the union.
- As in remembrance : noun memory, recollection
- As in repair : noun restoration, fixing
- As in readjustment : noun rearrangement
- As in reconstruction : noun rebuilding
- As in recovery : noun the act of returning to normal
- As in reformation : noun the act of reforming
- As in rehabilitation : noun restoration
- As in remodeling : noun renovation
- As in restoration : noun the act of reconstructing
- As in restoration : noun reestablishment
- As in change : noun something made different; alteration
- As in metanoia : noun conversion
- As in regeneration : noun conversion
- As in transfiguration : noun change
- As in transmogrification : noun change
- As in transubstantiation : noun change
- As in conversion : noun change, adaptation
- As in fossil : noun organic remains of a previous time
- It is a re-construction and reconquest of a paradise lost by giving up the fruit of the tree of knowledge.
- Extract from : « After the Rain » by Sam Vaknin
- In some cases the work of removal and re-construction went on harmoniously and simultaneously side by side.
- Extract from : « Old and New London » by Walter Thornbury
- This is the Teleosaurus, which the recent investigations of M. E. Deslongchamps allow of re-construction.
- Extract from : « The World Before the Deluge » by Louis Figuier
Antonyms for re-construction
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