recomposition

English

Etymology

From re- +‎ composition.

Noun

recomposition (countable and uncountable, plural recompositions)

1. A composition again or anew; the process or result of recomposing
   • 1881, Ernestine Rose, A Defence of Atheism, J.P. Mendum, page 15:

     The Universe is one vast chemical laboratory, in constant operation, by her internal forces. The laws or principles of attraction, cohesion, and repulsion, produce in never-ending succession the phenomena of composition, decomposition, and recomposition.

   • 1993, Joan Schenkar, “A New Way to Pay Old Debts”, in Ellen Donkin, Susan Clement, editors, Upstaging Big Daddy: Directing Theater as If Gender and Race Matter, Ann Arbor, Mich.: The University of Michigan Press, →ISBN, page 258:

     This unnecessary process of recomposition can also attack a playwright most effectively in the last two weeks of rehearsal, when the production is usually in pieces, the actors restive, and a quick solution to everyone’s discomfort appears to be an amputation of one of the limbs of the script.

2. (neologism) Synonym of terramation (“a process for the final disposition of human remains”)

French

Etymology

From re- +‎ composition.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʁə.kɔ̃.po.zi.sjɔ̃/

• Audio (France (Lyon)):

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Noun

recomposition f (plural recompositions)

1. recomposition
2. (linguistics) process by which a compound word which has undergone phonetic changes is reformed anew from its constituents; the result of that process

Further reading

• “recomposition”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.