Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

reunification

/ɹiˌunəfəkˈeɪʃən/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.09 in modern English

Syllables: re-uni-fi-ca-tion
IPA: /ɹiˌunəfəkˈeɪʃən/

18

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

6

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The unification of something that was previously divided; used especially of a country.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Many of Spenser's readers today find the cleavings and reunifications of Redcrosse and Una presenting a psychodrama of mental fragmentation […]"
"With the collapse of the Wall and the reunification of Germany, the divided stations and railway lines of Berlin were 'reunited' too. The last 'ghost station' was reopened to all passengers in 1992, and the very term - "ghost station" - had come to denote any disused platform remaining from the divide."

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Old French re-bor. Middle English re- English re- English unification English reunification From re- + unification.

Usage

Inflected Forms

reunifications (plural)

Derived Forms

antireunification reunificationism reunificationist

Phrases

family reunification

Frequently Paired Words

reunified reunify

Synonyms

reunion

Rhymes With

information education situation population station association administration operation organization nation location application

Questions

How do you pronounce reunification?: The recorded pronunciation is /ɹiˌunəfəkˈeɪʃən/.
What does reunification mean?: The unification of something that was previously divided; used especially of a country.
Where does reunification come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Old French re-bor. Middle English re- English re- English unification English reunification From re- + unification.

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