Definition of Reenactment

1. Noun. Performing a role in an event that occurred at an earlier time. "The reenactment of the battle of Princeton"

Generic synonyms: Acting, Performing, Playacting, Playing
Derivative terms: Reenact

Definition of Reenactment

1. Noun. The repetition of an earlier (usually historic) event, as a performance or social event. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Reenactment

1. enactment [n -S] - See also: enactment

Medical Definition of Reenactment

1. In psychodrama, the acting out of a past experience. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Reenactment

reemployed
reemploying
reemployment
reemployments
reemploys
reen
reenable
reenabled
reenables
reenabling
reenact
reenacted
reenacting
reenaction
reenactions
reenactment (current term)
reenactments
reenactor
reenactors
reenacts
reencode
reencoded
reencodes
reencoding
reencounter
reencountered
reencountering
reencounters
reencourage
reencouraged

Literary usage of Reenactment

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Origin and Growth of the English Constitution: An Historical Treatise by Hannis Taylor (1898)
"Such a measure, after having passed both houses early in 1693, was destroyed by the royal veto ; and then, after reenactment, received the royal assent in ..."

2. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1883)
""The mere reenactment of [the Mansfield Amendment] however, ... Moreover, its reenactment by itself will not make available additional research funds; ..."

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