renaissance
Resurgence of interest
A renaissance is a revival or renewed interest in something after a period of decline: Folk music experienced a renaissance in the 1960s, The neighborhood is undergoing a renaissance.
The word suggests not just a comeback but a flourishing—cultural, artistic, or intellectual energy returning to something that had faded. (Capitalized Renaissance is the historical period.)
Return after dormancy
- awakeningReturn to consciousness
- rediscoveryFinding something previously known
- golden agePeriod of peak prosperity
- floweringProducing reproductive structures
transformation · restoration · reinvention · comeback · flourishing · revitalization
resurgence
Return after dormancy
- awakeningReturn to consciousness
- rediscoveryFinding something previously known
- golden agePeriod of peak prosperity
flowering · transformation · restoration · reinvention · comeback · flourishing · revitalization
- revivalsrevivalism, resurgence, rejuvenation, revitalization, reemergence
- Art & Culturepainting, sculpture, music, dance, theater
- art formspainting, drawing, sculpture, photography, music
- civilizationempires, empire, civilizations, dynasty, kingdoms
- humanitiesphilosophy, history, literature, philosophy class, novels
- historical erasStone Age, Bronze Age, Iron Age, Middle Ages, Victorian era
renaissancedecline
Decrease or refuse
dark age · decay · deterioration · stagnation · degeneration
renaissancedeath
Cessation of life
demise · extinction · collapse · destruction · downfall
renaissanceregression
Return to former state
retrogression · backsliding · reversion · setback · Dark Ages
- Renaissance artistsCreative figures from cultural rebirth
- Renaissance manMulti-talented individual
- Renaissance fairHistorical reenactment festival
- Renaissance festivalThemed medieval celebration
- Harlem RenaissanceBlack arts explosion, 1920s
- Renaissance menBroadly accomplished individuals