reintegration

[ ree-in-tuh-grey-shuhn, ree-in- ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

restoration to a unified state.
Psychiatry. the process of returning the mind to an integrated state after it has been deranged by psychosis.
Psychology.
1. the process of recalling an entire memory from a partial cue, as remembering a speech upon hearing the first few words.
2. the tendency to repeat the response to a complex stimulus on later experiencing any part of that stimulus.

First recorded in 1595–1605; re- + integration

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