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pre-renaissance

Ren·ais·sance
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    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [ren-uh-sahns, -zahns, -sahns, ren-uh-sahns, -zahns, -sahns; especially British ri-ney-suh ns]
    • /ˌrɛn əˈsɑns, -ˈzɑns, -ˈsɑ̃s, ˈrɛn əˌsɑns, -ˌzɑns, -ˌsɑ̃s; especially British rɪˈneɪ səns/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [ren-uh-sahns, -zahns, -sahns, ren-uh-sahns, -zahns, -sahns; especially British ri-ney-suh ns]
    • /ˌrɛn əˈsɑns, -ˈzɑns, -ˈsɑ̃s, ˈrɛn əˌsɑns, -ˌzɑns, -ˌsɑ̃s; especially British rɪˈneɪ səns/

Definitions of pre-renaissance word

  • noun pre-renaissance the activity, spirit, or time of the great revival of art, literature, and learning in Europe beginning in the 14th century and extending to the 17th century, marking the transition from the medieval to the modern world. 1
  • noun pre-renaissance the forms and treatments in art used during this period. 1
  • noun pre-renaissance (sometimes lowercase) any similar revival in the world of art and learning. 1
  • noun pre-renaissance (lowercase) a renewal of life, vigor, interest, etc.; rebirth; revival: a moral renaissance. 1
  • adjective pre-renaissance of, relating to, or suggestive of the European Renaissance of the 14th through the 17th centuries: Renaissance attitudes. 1
  • adjective pre-renaissance noting or pertaining to the group of architectural styles existing in Italy in the 15th and 16th centuries as adaptations of ancient Roman architectural details or compositional forms to contemporary uses, characterized at first by the free and inventive use of isolated details, later by the more imitative use of whole orders and compositional arrangements, with great attention to the formulation of compositional rules after the precepts of Vitruvius and the precedents of existing ruins, and at all periods by an emphasis on symmetry, exact mathematical relationships between parts, and a general effect of simplicity and repose. 1
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Origin of pre-renaissance

First appearance:

before 1830
One of the 36% newest English words
1830-40; < French, Middle French: rebirth, equivalent to renaiss- (stem of renaistre to be born again < Latin renāscī; re- re- + nāscī to be born) + -ance -ance

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pre-renaissance popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 91% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.

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