born-againadj.n.

Brit.

/ˌbɔːnəˈɡɛn/,

/ˌbɔːnəˈɡeɪn/, U.S.

/ˌbɔrnəˈɡɛn/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: born adj., again adv.

Etymology: < born adj. + again adv., after to be born again at born adj. Phrases 3b. Compare earlier reborn adj., and also new birth n.

Originally U.S.

A. adj. Chiefly attributive.

a. Christian Church. Of, relating to, or characterized by strong Christian faith resulting from a conversion experience. Also (esp. in born-again Christian): having undergone such an experience with the result that faith takes on new importance in guiding decisions and actions.With allusion to John 3:3 at to be born again at born adj. Phrases 3b.Often associated with evangelical Christianity.

ΘΚΠ

society > faith > sect > Christianity > person > [adjective] > fervent

born-again1895

society > faith > worship > preaching > evangelization > [adjective] > characterized by

evangelical1768

evangelized1816

born-again1895

1895 Tongues of Fire Jan. 2/4 The mighty Baptism of the Holy Spirit which they received..is never said in Scripture to have been for the apostles only or for apostolic times only, but for every truly born-again believer.

1962 Church & People Mar.–Apr. 64 A visiting preacher asked one of our congregation the other day, ‘Are you born again?’—and got the answer, ‘Not yet,—but I'm coming that way!’

1970 Redemption Tidings 15 Jan. 12/7 Testifying to a born again experience, each declared that ‘now they must seek the Lord to lead them’.

1976 Time 27 Sept. 94/2 As a born-again Christian, Alabama State Auditor Bettye Frink prayed hard as she tried to decide whether it was fair to her family for her to pursue politics.

1994 W. Shaw Spying in Guru Land (1995) p. xviii I was acting out a role in as many as four different sects simultaneously, dashing between millenarian Rosicrucianism, Gurdjieffan Hinduism, born-again Christianity and the worship of spacemen.

2015 MailOnline (Nexis) 19 July Born-again Christian Tim Farron, the new Lib Dem leader, found his faith at the age of 18 after reading a random religious book while marooned in rainy Singapore on a trip with his mum.

b. In extended use, applied to other faiths, belief systems, etc., and the individuals who adhere to them.

ΘΚΠ

society > faith > aspects of faith > spirituality > soul > regeneration > [adjective]

regeneratea1450

regenerated1566

uprising1585

reborn1598

twice-born1849

born-again1928

1928 Advent Rev. & Sabbath Herald (Takoma Park, Washington, D.C.) 19 July 17/2 I spoke again on the subject, ‘When Is a Jew a Jew? What Is the Difference Between a Blood-bought Gentile and a Born-again Jew?’

1985 Listener 18 Apr. 25/1 The former sinner..had become a born-again Muslim.

2002 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 6 Oct. Final ed. 18 The response that Samuel, a secular Jew who questions spurts of born-again Judaism in his friends and family, seems to provoke is, ‘Enough already!’

2016 Australian (Nexis) 30 July 24 Western Europe in particular has become primarily a secular society in which the various tenets of Christianity are under constant attack from born-again atheists, many of whom were brought up Christians.

2. Esp. of a place: renovated, restored; gentrified.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > amending > restoration > [adjective] > renovating or renewing > renovated or renewed

newedc1425

renovate?1440

renewed1483

newborn1594

born-again1913

rehabbed1967

1913 Evening Capital (Annapolis, Maryland) 8 Feb. I..went back to that same country, a depressed, shut-in community with bad roads, poor schools and hard-worked women. Now the dream that possesses me is a born-again neighborhood.

1977 Washington Post 9 Apr. b2/6 The Old Post Office restoration will be a towering beginning for a born-again Pennsylvania Avenue.

1986 Sunday Mail Mag. (Brisbane) 27 Apr. 26/1 It has taken the Americans and the Swedes to turn Australians on to the latest home-improvement craze—‘born again’ wardrobes and storage cupboards.

1991 Business July (front cover) Born-again Berlin..Europe's new business capital.

3. Of a person: having undergone a change in opinion, outlook, interest, etc., which is held or practised extremely enthusiastically or over-zealously.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > zeal or enthusiasm > [adjective] > extremely

mada1350

wild1811

wilda1817

crazy1826

besmitten1873

schwärmerisch1894

bugs1908

buggy1913

born-again1928

nutso1973

1928 Amer. Jrnl. Nursing 28 559/2 How about the born nurse, or the born-again nurse? She too does the work, but it is not the work that makes the difference, it's the smile she wears on her face.

1977 Time 19 Dec. 56/2 On their way to gourmandise, a curious thing has happened to born-again American cooks: they have rediscovered the glorious raw ingredients and inimitable provincial dishes of their own country.

1985 J. Raban Foreign Land iv. 57 They're a bit born-again about smoking now.

2007 Halifax (Nova Scotia) Daily News (Nexis) 8 May 15 Sustainability will become the new state of grace that all born-again environmentalists will strive to attain. Greenliness will be close to godliness.

4. Of a person: having returned to or revived a previous role.In quot. 1977 applied to a character with the sense ‘brought back, relaunched’.

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > change > change to something else, transformation > [adjective] > transformed

transformed1413

transmutate?a1475

leavened1587

trans-shaped1602

Pythagoreana1667

transfigured1678

metamorphosed1730

transmuted1749

transmogrifiedc1832

transnatural1907

metamorphosized1948

born-again1977

1977 Washington Post 1 Jan. c3/5 Encouraging com[e]backs included Speedy Alka-Seltzer's resurrection..and a born-again Mister Peanut, whose daffily dancing reappearance can surely be linked to recent political history.

1980 Chicago Tribune 20 July vi. 1 The ‘born-again’ comic [sc. Rodney Dangerfield] gets respect from a new, young audience.

1986 Los Angeles Times 31 Aug. (Calendar) 75/2 In early May, he performed as Joe Clay for the first time in almost three decades... And when the year's unlikeliest born-again rocker finished his second encore, the chant started.

1988 Pilot Nov. 26/1 In March 1987 I was a born-again student, having got my PPL in 1954..,then having to let the licence go at the end of 1956 when marriage came along.

1990 Sounds 28 July 26/2 If it's not banal rhetoric celebrating born-again rockers it's eulogies to bands like U2 who're capitalising on the trend by paying homage to false idols.

B. n.

A born-again Christian.

ΚΠ

1909 Logansport (Indiana) Pharos 26 Aug. 1/5 An old soldier..became..enraged by attacks upon the Masonic body..by Rev. John Beach, head of a religious organization known as the Born Agains.

2012 G. A. Okesson Re-imaging Modernity v. 168 Born agains live out God's power through the fruits and gifts of the Spirit.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2020; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	born-again
释义	born-againadj.n. Brit. /ˌbɔːnəˈɡɛn/, /ˌbɔːnəˈɡeɪn/, U.S. /ˌbɔrnəˈɡɛn/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: born adj., again adv. Etymology: < born adj. + again adv., after to be born again at born adj. Phrases 3b. Compare earlier reborn adj., and also new birth n. Originally U.S. A. adj. Chiefly attributive. 1. a. Christian Church. Of, relating to, or characterized by strong Christian faith resulting from a conversion experience. Also (esp. in born-again Christian): having undergone such an experience with the result that faith takes on new importance in guiding decisions and actions.With allusion to John 3:3 at to be born again at born adj. Phrases 3b.Often associated with evangelical Christianity. ΘΚΠ society > faith > sect > Christianity > person > [adjective] > fervent born-again1895 society > faith > worship > preaching > evangelization > [adjective] > characterized by evangelical1768 evangelized1816 born-again1895 1895 Tongues of Fire Jan. 2/4 The mighty Baptism of the Holy Spirit which they received..is never said in Scripture to have been for the apostles only or for apostolic times only, but for every truly born-again believer. 1962 Church & People Mar.–Apr. 64 A visiting preacher asked one of our congregation the other day, ‘Are you born again?’—and got the answer, ‘Not yet,—but I'm coming that way!’ 1970 Redemption Tidings 15 Jan. 12/7 Testifying to a born again experience, each declared that ‘now they must seek the Lord to lead them’. 1976 Time 27 Sept. 94/2 As a born-again Christian, Alabama State Auditor Bettye Frink prayed hard as she tried to decide whether it was fair to her family for her to pursue politics. 1994 W. Shaw Spying in Guru Land (1995) p. xviii I was acting out a role in as many as four different sects simultaneously, dashing between millenarian Rosicrucianism, Gurdjieffan Hinduism, born-again Christianity and the worship of spacemen. 2015 MailOnline (Nexis) 19 July Born-again Christian Tim Farron, the new Lib Dem leader, found his faith at the age of 18 after reading a random religious book while marooned in rainy Singapore on a trip with his mum. b. In extended use, applied to other faiths, belief systems, etc., and the individuals who adhere to them. ΘΚΠ society > faith > aspects of faith > spirituality > soul > regeneration > [adjective] regeneratea1450 regenerated1566 uprising1585 reborn1598 twice-born1849 born-again1928 1928 Advent Rev. & Sabbath Herald (Takoma Park, Washington, D.C.) 19 July 17/2 I spoke again on the subject, ‘When Is a Jew a Jew? What Is the Difference Between a Blood-bought Gentile and a Born-again Jew?’ 1985 Listener 18 Apr. 25/1 The former sinner..had become a born-again Muslim. 2002 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 6 Oct. Final ed. 18 The response that Samuel, a secular Jew who questions spurts of born-again Judaism in his friends and family, seems to provoke is, ‘Enough already!’ 2016 Australian (Nexis) 30 July 24 Western Europe in particular has become primarily a secular society in which the various tenets of Christianity are under constant attack from born-again atheists, many of whom were brought up Christians. 2. Esp. of a place: renovated, restored; gentrified. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > amending > restoration > [adjective] > renovating or renewing > renovated or renewed newedc1425 renovate?1440 renewed1483 newborn1594 born-again1913 rehabbed1967 1913 Evening Capital (Annapolis, Maryland) 8 Feb. I..went back to that same country, a depressed, shut-in community with bad roads, poor schools and hard-worked women. Now the dream that possesses me is a born-again neighborhood. 1977 Washington Post 9 Apr. b2/6 The Old Post Office restoration will be a towering beginning for a born-again Pennsylvania Avenue. 1986 Sunday Mail Mag. (Brisbane) 27 Apr. 26/1 It has taken the Americans and the Swedes to turn Australians on to the latest home-improvement craze—‘born again’ wardrobes and storage cupboards. 1991 Business July (front cover) Born-again Berlin..Europe's new business capital. 3. Of a person: having undergone a change in opinion, outlook, interest, etc., which is held or practised extremely enthusiastically or over-zealously. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > zeal or enthusiasm > [adjective] > extremely mada1350 wild1811 wilda1817 crazy1826 besmitten1873 schwärmerisch1894 bugs1908 buggy1913 born-again1928 nutso1973 1928 Amer. Jrnl. Nursing 28 559/2 How about the born nurse, or the born-again nurse? She too does the work, but it is not the work that makes the difference, it's the smile she wears on her face. 1977 Time 19 Dec. 56/2 On their way to gourmandise, a curious thing has happened to born-again American cooks: they have rediscovered the glorious raw ingredients and inimitable provincial dishes of their own country. 1985 J. Raban Foreign Land iv. 57 They're a bit born-again about smoking now. 2007 Halifax (Nova Scotia) Daily News (Nexis) 8 May 15 Sustainability will become the new state of grace that all born-again environmentalists will strive to attain. Greenliness will be close to godliness. 4. Of a person: having returned to or revived a previous role.In quot. 1977 applied to a character with the sense ‘brought back, relaunched’. ΘΚΠ the world > time > change > change to something else, transformation > [adjective] > transformed transformed1413 transmutate?a1475 leavened1587 trans-shaped1602 Pythagoreana1667 transfigured1678 metamorphosed1730 transmuted1749 transmogrifiedc1832 transnatural1907 metamorphosized1948 born-again1977 1977 Washington Post 1 Jan. c3/5 Encouraging com[e]backs included Speedy Alka-Seltzer's resurrection..and a born-again Mister Peanut, whose daffily dancing reappearance can surely be linked to recent political history. 1980 Chicago Tribune 20 July vi. 1 The ‘born-again’ comic [sc. Rodney Dangerfield] gets respect from a new, young audience. 1986 Los Angeles Times 31 Aug. (Calendar) 75/2 In early May, he performed as Joe Clay for the first time in almost three decades... And when the year's unlikeliest born-again rocker finished his second encore, the chant started. 1988 Pilot Nov. 26/1 In March 1987 I was a born-again student, having got my PPL in 1954..,then having to let the licence go at the end of 1956 when marriage came along. 1990 Sounds 28 July 26/2 If it's not banal rhetoric celebrating born-again rockers it's eulogies to bands like U2 who're capitalising on the trend by paying homage to false idols. B. n. A born-again Christian. ΚΠ 1909 Logansport (Indiana) Pharos 26 Aug. 1/5 An old soldier..became..enraged by attacks upon the Masonic body..by Rev. John Beach, head of a religious organization known as the Born Agains. 2012 G. A. Okesson Re-imaging Modernity v. 168 Born agains live out God's power through the fruits and gifts of the Spirit. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2020; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.n.1895
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