recuperation

See also: récupération

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin recuperātiō. By surface analysis, recuperate +‎ -ion.

Pronunciation

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Noun

recuperation (usually uncountable, plural recuperations)

Gradual restoration to health.
Synonyms: convalescence, healing
Instance of getting something back.
(politics, sociology) Process by which radical or subversive ideas are co-opted by mainstream society.
Antonym: detournement

Coordinate term: cooptation
- 2009 May, Hans Ulrich Obrist, “In Conversation with Raoul Vaneigem”, in e-flux‎, archived from the original on 2009-09-07:
  [Raoul Vaneigem] I have nothing in common with the spectacular recuperation of a project that, in my case, has remained revolutionary throughout.

Related terms

recuperate

Translations

convalescence

Bulgarian: оздравяване (bg) n (ozdravjavane)
Finnish: toipuminen (fi)
German: Erholung (de) f
Irish: biseach m
Maori: mātūtūtanga
Polish: rekonwalescencja (pl) f
Polish: rekonwalescencja (pl) f
Turkish: iyileşme (tr)

Instance of getting something back

Bulgarian: възвръщане n (vǎzvrǎštane)
Finnish: takaisin saaminen
German: Wiedergewinnung f
Turkish: reküperasyon, yeniden kazanma

(sociology) Process by which radical or subversive ideas are co-opted by mainstream society

See also

recovery and reconstitution

Further reading

healing on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
recuperation (politics) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Middle French

Noun

recuperation f (plural recuperations)

recuperation (instance of getting something back)

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