REDINTEGRATION

Etymology

Noun

redintegration (plural redintegrations)

(rare) Restoration to a whole or sound state.

(chemistry, obsolete) Restoration of a mixture to its former nature and state.

(psychology) The reinstatement of a memory upon the presentation of a stimulus element that was a part of the stimulus complex that had aroused the event.

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Source: Wiktionary


Re*din`te*gra"tion (-gr"shn), n. Etym: [L. redintegratio.]

1. Restoration to a whole or sound state; renewal; renovation. Dr. H. More.

2. (Chem.)

Definition: Restoration of a mixed body or matter to its former nature and state. [Achaic.] Coxe.

3. (Psychology)

Definition: The law that objects which have been previously combined as part of a single mental state tend to recall or suggest one another;

– adopted by many philosophers to explain the phenomena of the association of ideas.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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INTERSPERSION

(noun) the act of combining one thing at intervals among other things; “the interspersion of illustrations in the text”


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