recuperation

See also: récupération

English

Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin recuperātiō; synchronically analyzable as recuperate +‎ -ion.

Noun

recuperation (usually uncountable, plural recuperations)

1. Gradual restoration to health; convalescence.
2. Instance of getting something back.
3. (sociology) Process by which radical or subversive ideas are co-opted by mainstream society.

Antonyms

• (process in sociology): detournement

Related terms

• recuperate

Translations

convalescence

• Finnish: toipuminen (fi)
• German: Erholung (de) f
• Irish: biseach m
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• Maori: mātūtūtanga
• Turkish: iyileşme (tr), sağlığa kavuşma, sıhhatı kavuşma (dated)

Instance of getting something back

• Finnish: takaisin saaminen
• German: Wiedergewinnung f
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• Turkish: yeniden kazanma

(sociology): Process by which radical or subversive ideas are co-opted by mainstream society

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See also

• recovery and reconstitution

Further reading

• Recuperation (recovery) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Recuperation (sociology) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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Middle French

Noun

recuperation f (plural recuperations)

1. recuperation (instance of getting something back)