recuperation
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See also: récupération
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin recuperātiō. By surface analysis, recuperate + -ion.
Pronunciation
Noun
recuperation (usually uncountable, plural recuperations)
- Gradual restoration to health.
- Synonyms: convalescence, healing, recovery
- Instance of getting something back.
- (politics, sociology) Process by which radical or subversive ideas are co-opted by mainstream society.
- Antonym: detournement
- Coordinate term: cooptation
- 2009 May, Hans Ulrich Obrist, “In Conversation with Raoul Vaneigem”, in e-flux, archived from the original on 2009-09-07:
- [Raoul Vaneigem] I have nothing in common with the spectacular recuperation of a project that, in my case, has remained revolutionary throughout.
Related terms
Translations
convalescence
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Instance of getting something back
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(sociology) Process by which radical or subversive ideas are co-opted by mainstream society
See also
- recovery and reconstitution
Further reading
healing on Wikipedia.Wikipedia - recuperation (politics) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Noun
recuperation f (plural recuperations)
- recuperation (instance of getting something back)
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