restorationとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

From 中期英語 restoracion, altered from restauracion (from Latin restaurātiō) by partly deriving from restoren + -acion. By surface analysis, restore +‎ -ation.

発音

• IPA: /ɹɛstəˈɹeɪʃən/
• 韻: -eɪʃən
• ハイフネーション: re‧sto‧ra‧tion

名詞

restoration (countable and uncountable, plural restorations)

1. The process of bringing an object back to its original state; the process of restoring something.

   Synonyms: deconversion, restitution, step back; see also Thesaurus:reversion

   foreskin restoration

   The restoration of this painting will take years.

   The restoration of this medieval church involved undoing all the Victorian modifications.

   • 1921, T.S. Eliot, “The Possibility of a Poetic Drama”, in The Sacred Wood:

     There is all the difference between preservation and restoration.

   • 1945 July and August, “Victory in Europe”, in Railway Magazine, page 187:

     As Sir Ronald Matthews said at the meeting of L.N.E.R. stockholders earlier this year, the public must realise "the inevitability of a certain amount of gradualness" in connection with the restoration of passenger train services and facilities.

   • 2024 August 21, 'Industry Insider', “The value of rail reopenings”, in RAIL, number 1016, page 68:

     Providing accommodation is a significant constraint, and an unexpected development from the restoration of services to Okehampton is demand from the Exeter student population to rent local properties.

2. (countable) The result of such a process, such as a dental restoration (a dental prosthesis).

   These restorations were especially impressive and were reported in a leading prosthodontics journal.

3. The return of a former monarchy or monarch to power, usually after having been forced to step down.

   The restoration of the House of Stuart took place a few years after the death of Cromwell.

   The restoration of the Kingdom of Spain took place immediately after the death of Franco.

   • 1685, John Dryden, Albion and Albanius, published 1691, Act I, scene i, page 10:

     Behold the differing Climes agree, / Rejoycing in thy Reſtauration.

   • 2023 December 8, Jennifer Senior, “What Will Happen to the American Psyche If Trump Is Reelected?”, in The Atlantic‎:

     But now here we are, faced with the prospect of a Trump restoration.

4. The return of a socioeconomic formation in the role of the dominant mode of production.

   The restoration of capitalism in Russia gave rise to unemployment.

   The restoration of capitalism in Eastern Europe made way for improvement in human rights.

5. (theology) The receiving of a sinner to divine favor.

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