reascendance

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

re- +‎ ascendance

Noun[edit]

reascendance (uncountable)

  1. A second or subsequent ascendance.
    • 2009 March 15, “Newt. Again.”, in New York Times[1]:
      An article on March 1 about Newt Gingrich and his reascendance in the Republican Party misidentified the building in Washington where the Ways and Means Committee was marking up the Democratic stimulus bill in January and where the writer interviewed Eric Cantor, the Republican whip.