redux

Returned to prominence

Redux means brought back or revived, typically following a title to indicate a return or restoration: Apocalypse Now Redux, Nixon Redux.

The word is literary and slightly pretentious, borrowed from Latin where it meant "brought back" or "returned." It almost always appears after nouns rather than before them.

revival

comeback

Recovery after decline

renewal · reawakening · restoration · revitalization · reinvention · return · reemergence · reimagining · reboot · revisitation

iterative

revisited

Went back to

retold · reconceived · reimagined · reconfigured · restructured · recast · reformulated · reinterpreted · reframed · repurposed

cinematic

director's cut

Filmmaker's intended version

remastered · theatrical cut · final cut · special edition · definitive edition · reedited · reconstructed · reassembled

Categories
Opposites
temporal return/recurrence

reduxdebut

First public appearance

premiere · original · first-time · inaugural · initial

revival/restoration status

reduxunrenewed

Not extended past expiration

defunct · obsolete · abandoned · retired · discontinued

Phrases
Family

reduce, reduced, reduction, reducing, reduces, reductions, reductive, irreducible, reducer

Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Used worldwide · Timeless · Abstract · Everyday, not technical · Rated G