resurgence means an instance of something resurging; a renewal of vigor or vitality.
Why “resurgence” is a great word
A powerful rising again into prominence, vitality, or activity after a period of dormancy or decline. From resurge (from Latin resurgere, "to rise again," from re- ("again") + surgere ("to rise")) + the noun-forming suffix -ence. First attested in a figurative sense in 1799. Unlike "revival," which suggests a gentle reawakening from sleep, or "renaissance," a grand, historically-framed rebirth of culture, "resurgence" speaks of a forceful, almost urgent, upward swell of energy. It is the green shoots cracking through volcanic ash, the river reclaiming its floodplain after drought, the cold engine roaring to life on a desperate turn of the key—a testament to the stubborn fact that the past does not repeat; it rises, altered and undeniable, through the very ground you stand on.
Etymology
From resurge + -ence.
noun
- An instance of something resurging; a renewal of vigor or vitality.
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