INSTAURATION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does instauration mean? 

• INSTAURATION (noun)
  The noun INSTAURATION has 1 sense:

1. the act of starting something for the first time; introducing something new

  Familiarity information: INSTAURATION used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• INSTAURATION (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The act of starting something for the first time; introducing something new

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

creation; foundation; founding; initiation; innovation; instauration; institution; introduction; origination

Context example:

the foundation of a new scientific society

Hypernyms ("instauration" is a kind of...):

beginning; commencement; start (the act of starting something)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "instauration"):

authorship; paternity (the act of initiating a new idea or theory or writing)