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It's good to get your hands dirty a bit and to test how you see things at a given point. And it's very pleasing after writing something like 'Atonement' or 'On Chesil Beach,' which are historical, to get involved in some plausible re-enactment of the here and now.
Ian Mcewan

Meaning of "re-enactment" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF RE-ENACTMENT

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF RE-ENACTMENT

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preposition
conjunction
determiner
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Re-Enactment is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES RE-ENACTMENT MEAN IN ENGLISH?

re-enactment

Historical reenactment

Historical reenactment is an educational or entertainment activity in which people follow a plan to recreate aspects of a historical event or period. This may be as narrow as a specific moment from a battle, such as the reenactment of Pickett's Charge presented during the Great Reunion of 1913, or as broad as an entire period, such as Regency reenactment or The 1920s Berlin Project.

Definition of re-enactment in the English dictionary

The definition of re-enactment in the dictionary is the acting out or repetition of a past event or situation.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE RE-ENACTMENT

re-emerge
re-emergence
re-employ
re-employment
re-enact
re-engage
re-engagement
re-engineer
re-engineering
re-enlist
re-enter
re-entering angle
re-entrant
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re-entries
re-entry
re-entry permit
re-entry point
re-entry vehicle
re-entry visa

WORDS THAT END LIKE RE-ENACTMENT

adjustment
advertisement
allotment
apartment
appointment
assortment
commitment
compartment
cost-of-living adjustment
department
disappointment
fire department
fitment
investment
one-room apartment
police department
recruitment
service department
State Department
the treatment
treatment

Synonyms and antonyms of re-enactment in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «re-enactment» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF RE-ENACTMENT

Find out the translation of re-enactment to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of re-enactment from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «re-enactment» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

重新制定
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

recreación
570 millions of speakers

English

re-enactment
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

पुनः अधिनियमन
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

إعادة سن
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

инсценировка
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

reencenação
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

পুনরায় জারি
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

reconstitution
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Semula enakmen
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Re-Inszenierung
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

再現
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

제정
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Re-enactment
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

tái ban hành
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

மறு அரங்கேற்றம்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

पुन्हा अस्तित्त्व
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Yeniden canlandırma
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

re-enactment
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

inscenizacja
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

інсценівка
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

re -enactment
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

αναπαράσταση
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

reenactment
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

återskapande
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

re- enactment
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of re-enactment

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «RE-ENACTMENT»

The term «re-enactment» is regularly used and occupies the 65.367 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «RE-ENACTMENT» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about re-enactment

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QUOTES WITH «RE-ENACTMENT»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word re-enactment.
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Ian Mcewan
It's good to get your hands dirty a bit and to test how you see things at a given point. And it's very pleasing after writing something like 'Atonement' or 'On Chesil Beach,' which are historical, to get involved in some plausible re-enactment of the here and now.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «RE-ENACTMENT»

Discover the use of re-enactment in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to re-enactment and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Re-Enactment and Factual Discourse in a Biopic
Seminar paper from the year 2009 in the subject Communications - Movies and Television, grade: 2,0, University of Copenhagen (Film- und Medienwissenschaft), course: Between Documentary and Fiction, language: English, abstract: In this essay ...
Mirjam Moegele, 2010
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History as Re-enactment: R.G. Collingwood's Idea of History
R.G. Collingwood's Idea of History William H. Dray. the way past military, political, and economic activities are to be understood (It! 313-14). I therefore postpone consideration of such examples until Chapter 4, § 5, and look at less problematic  ...
William H. Dray, 1999
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Everyday (re)enactment: Reporting Strategies in ...
While all instances of reported speech involve "speech within speech, utterance within utterance," as Voloshinov states (1986: 115), interactants realize and mobilize reports in varied ways, in the service of situated, diverse projects.
Kathryn Hickerson Henning, 2006
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History as a Science: The Philosophy of R.G. Collingwood: ...
intuitive aspect of Collingwood's re-enactment doctrine is dealt with rather ambiguously. He first says that "[t] he only thing that suggests that the historian in the last instance must fall back upon irrational empathy is Collingwood's use of the ...
W. J. van der Dussen, 1981
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Speech and Thought Representation in English: A ...
distinguished in English.4 DST and FIST both involve the re-enactment of the ' original' speech function, but in DST this re-enactment is full whereas in FIST it is no longer 'exchange-directed' but only partial or 'self- expressive'. In IST the ...
Lieven Vandelanotte, 2009
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History as a Science: The Philosophy of R.G. Collingwood
Though he highly values Collingwood's contribution to the philosophy of history, Cebik also gives a methodological interpretation of the re-enactment doctrine, strongly rejecting it. He speaks of 'the means invented for penetrating human ...
Jan van der Dussen, 2012
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Civil War Re-Enactment
Photographers David and Joan Hagan portray the Civil War drama through their poignant pictures taken during re-enacted battles.
Joan Hagan, David Hagan, 1996
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Gettysburg: Memory, Market, and an American Shrine
... 2000; November 1, 2000. 39. Randall Allred, "Catharsis, Revision, and Re- enactment: Negotiating the Meaning of the American Civil War," Journal of American Culture 19 (Winter 1996): 10; Jim Cullen, The Civil War in Popular Culture: A ...
Jim Weeks, 2003
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The Persistence of History: Cinema, Television, and the ...
On the one hand, the docu-drama is seen as a "pure" re-enactment of a historical event. Examples might include the movie bio-pic The Glenn Miller Story (Anthony Mann, 1954) or the three television versions of the Amy Fisher story.
Vivian Carol Sobchack, 1996
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Play and Early Literacy Development
One particular form of story re-enactment was of special note as we sought to understand the role of play in children's independent story reading behaviors. This was the dramatic story re-enactment in which the children spontaneously played ...
James F. Christie, 1991

6 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «RE-ENACTMENT»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term re-enactment is used in the context of the following news items.
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Elkhart Municipal Airport's first Salute to Veterans re-enactment
The event featured a World War II battle re-enactment with tanks, half-tracks, artillery, machine guns and rifle fire. The battle was made realistic with loud ... «The Elkhart Truth, May 15»
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Lubbock Catholics honor savior with crucifixion reenactment
The Living Way of the Cross re-enactment contained a procession near its Our Lady of Grace Catholic Church headquarters in North-central Lubbock. “I think it ... «LubbockOnline.com, Apr 15»
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Indiana Military Museum welcomes WW1 re-enactment
... can be pointed directly back to peace negotiations of 1919.” As part of the reenactment, people will be living in a life-size bunker on the museum's grounds. «WTHITV.com, Mar 15»
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Tom and Jerry re-enactment nearly turns deadly
A playful re-enactment of Tom and Jerry almost turned deadly when an 8-year-old boy in China blasted himself in the face with a homemade shotgun inspired by ... «New York Post, Sep 14»
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Battle of Bosworth re-enactment: Thousands expected
Thousands of people are expected to attend a re-enactment of the Battle of Bosworth that ended in the death of Richard III. Organisers said 250 actors would ... «BBC News, Aug 14»
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Reliving drama from War of 1812 with a day of re-enactment, history …
YOUNGSTOWN – Before the crack of dawn on a bitter morning 200 years ago this week, more than 500 British soldiers and their Native American allies ... «Buffalo News, Dec 13»

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