awakening

prise de conscience, éveil

Moment ou processus où l’on commence à comprendre quelque chose d’important.

En anglais simple : The moment or process of beginning to understand something important.

• That bill was a rude awakening.
• The novel describes a teenager’s sexual awakening.
• His first job brought an awakening to the difficulties of adult life.

Comment l'utiliser : awakening to something (The journey led to her awakening to the realities of poverty.)

Synonymes : realization

Expressions courantes : rude awakening, sexual awakening, awakening to something

réveil

Le passage du sommeil à l’état éveillé, ou le moment où cela se produit.

En anglais simple : The process or moment of stopping sleep.

• His awakening was sudden.
• The noise caused an early awakening.
• She remembered nothing of her awakening from that strange dream.

Comment l'utiliser : awakening from something (Her awakening from a deep sleep was slow.)

Synonymes : waking

Expressions courantes : sudden awakening, gentle awakening, awakening from sleep

réveil

Le fait de commencer à agir ou à s’intéresser activement à quelque chose.

En anglais simple : The process of starting to act or take an active interest in something.

• The movement marked a political awakening.
• Spring brought an awakening of life in the garden.
• Their protests signalled the awakening of a new generation of activists.

Comment l'utiliser : awakening of something (The crisis brought an awakening of public resistance.)

Synonymes : revival, arousal

Expressions courantes : political awakening, national awakening, awakening of something

réveil religieux

Période où de nombreuses personnes retrouvent un intérêt plus vif pour la religion.

En anglais simple : A time when many people become more interested in religion again.

• The town experienced a religious awakening.
• Preachers helped spread the awakening across the region.
• Several religious awakenings shaped the history of these churches.

Synonymes : religious revival

Expressions courantes : religious awakening, spiritual awakening

qui s’éveille, stimulant

Qui commence à s’éveiller ou à s’activer, ou qui rend les autres plus éveillés et enthousiastes.

En anglais simple : Starting to wake up or become active, or making people feel more awake and excited.

• Light spread over the awakening city.
• Birdsong filled the awakening forest.
• The music had an awakening effect on her senses.

Synonymes : rousing, stirring

Expressions courantes : awakening city, awakening world, awakening power