Saturday, February 10, 2018

Merriam-Webster Word of the Day - Instauration


WORD OF THE DAY
February 10, 2018
 
 
 
 
 
instauration Audio pronunciation
 
noun | in-staw-RAY-shun  
 
Definition
 
:
restoration after decay, lapse, or dilapidation
 
:
an act of instituting or establishing something
 
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Did You Know?
 
Instauration first appeared in English in the early 16th century, a product of the Latin verb instaurare, meaning "to renew or restore." This same source gave us our verb store, by way of Middle English and Anglo-French. After instauration broke into English, the philosopher Francis Bacon began writing his Instauratio Magna, which translates to The Great Instauration. This uncompleted collection of works, which was written in Latin, calls for a restoration to a state of paradise on earth, but one in which humankind is enlightened by knowledge and truth.
 
 
Examples of INSTAURATION
 
"Once, humanity dreamed of the great instauration—a rebirth of ancient wisdom that would compel us into a New Age…."
Knute Berger, Seattle Weekly, 14 Dec. 2005
 
"Showing that we can set quantifiable and therefore measurable standards for a program's performance does indeed make possible the instauration of market dynamics with respect to outcomes for our students and for society at large."
Carlos J. Alonso, The Chronicle of Higher Education, 12 Dec. 2010
 
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