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re⋅in⋅te⋅gra⋅tion

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

Origin:
1595–1605; re- + integration
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re·in·te·grate   (rē-ĭn'tĭ-grāt')   
tr.v.   re·in·te·grat·ed, re·in·te·grat·ing, re·in·te·grates
To restore to a condition of integration or unity.
re'in·te·gra'tion n., re·in'te·gra'tive adj.
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Main Entry: re·in·te·gra·tion
Pronunciation: "rE-"int-&-'grA-sh&n
Function: noun
: repeated or renewed integration (as ofthe personality and mental activity after mental illness) —re·in·te·grate /-'int-&-"grAt/ transitive verb -grat·ed;-grat·ing
re·in·te·gra·tive /-"grAt-iv/ adjective
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reintegration re·in·te·gra·tion (rē'ĭn-tĭ-grā'shən)
n.

  1. Restoration to a condition of integration or unity.

  2. The return to well-adjusted functioning following mental illness.


re·in'te·grate' v.
re·in'te·gra'tive adj.

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