rearousaln.
/ˌriːəˈraʊzl/, U.S. /ˌriəˈraʊz(ə)l/ A second or further arousal; the state or fact of being aroused again.
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1906 E. B. Delabare in J. H. Tufts et al. Stud. Philos. & Psychol. ix. 242 Present sensations of color and of eye movement and adjustment, ‘apperceived’ or interpreted and given body and meaning by the re-arousal of numberless previous sensations of color and of movement.
1949 M. Mead Male & Female iv. xiv. 293 The demon to be avoided..is lack of potency, defined in a number of quantitative ways—frequency, time, interval before rearousal.
1969 Psychol. Med. 19 823 The most interesting aspect..is the often acute onset or rearousal of symptoms.
1998 Newsweek 22 June 90/2 The technical term for the re-arousal of a male animal by a new female became ‘the Coolidge effect’.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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