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单词 self-regeneration
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self-regenerationn.

Brit. /ˌsɛlfrᵻˌdʒɛnəˈreɪʃn/, /ˌsɛlfriːˌdʒɛnəˈreɪʃn/, U.S. /ˌsɛlfrəˌdʒɛnəˈreɪʃ(ə)n/, /ˌsɛlfˌriˌdʒɛnəˈreɪʃ(ə)n/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: self- prefix, regeneration n.
Etymology: < self- prefix + regeneration n.
Regeneration (in various senses) of oneself or itself, without external agency or intervention; spec. (in earlier use) moral reform or spiritual rebirth attained without recourse to God, the Church, etc.
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1688 G. Firmin Scripture-warrant 75 Much good may your Self-Regeneration do you.
1799 J. Cartwright Appeal Eng. Constit. (ed. 2) i. vii. 46 Apparently conceiving a parliament once corrupted, as incapable of self-regeneration.
1830 Vermont Chron. 24 Dec. This doctrine of self-regeneration..seems to us to spring from, and to foster, a spirit, hostile to the thought of entire dependence on God.
1866 A. Flint Physiol. Man I. i. 109 Like other organized structures, they [sc. red corpuscles] are constantly undergoing decay, and are capable of self-regeneration.
1918 W. S. Churchill in M. Gilbert Winston S. Churchill (1977) IV. Compan. i. 366 The German people..should,..by a real act of self-regeneration make a definite break with the system wh has led them to so many fearful & monstrous crimes.
1979 Mining Claims under Gen. Mining Laws (U.S. Bureau Land Managem., Dept. Interior) 3/1 Revegetating the land, to provide a vegetative cover capable of self-regeneration.
2003 I. Dosamantes-Beaudry Arts in Contemp. Healing iv. 59 To accomplish the difficult task of self-integration and self-regeneration, creative arts therapists help set into motion three kinds of object relationships.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, January 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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