born-again
Definition
- Adjective:
- Spiritually reborn or converted: Describes a person who has experienced a profound, life-changing renewal of faith, typically in Christianity, characterized by a personal commitment to Jesus Christ.
- Showing renewed enthusiasm or commitment: Used more broadly to describe a person who has adopted a new set of beliefs or principles with intense, fervent dedication.
Examples of Usage
- Adjective:
- He became a born-again Christian after a powerful religious experience.
- The politician is a born-again environmentalist, advocating for policies he once opposed.
Advanced Usage
- "born-again" as an attributive adjective: Almost always used directly before a noun to describe the person or their status.
- She found support in a born-again community.
- Figurative use: Applied to non-religious contexts to emphasize a complete and passionate conversion to a cause or ideology.
- After the health scare, he became a born-again fitness enthusiast.
Variants and Related Words
- Born-againism (n, rare): The state or condition of being born-again.
- Reborn (adj): Having been born again, especially spiritually; revived or regenerated. (Note: "Reborn" can be used more broadly than "born-again," which is strongly associated with evangelical Christianity.)
Synonyms
- Converted: Having changed one's religious faith or other beliefs.
- Redeemed: Saved from sin or error.
- Renewed: Made new again; restored.
Related Phrases
- Born-again experience: The event or process of spiritual rebirth.
- She described her born-again experience in detail.
- Born-again movement: Refers to evangelical Christian movements emphasizing personal conversion.
- The born-again movement grew significantly in the late 20th century.
Related Idioms
- A born-again [secular belief]: An idiom where the structure "born-again" is applied to a non-religious belief system for rhetorical effect.
- He's a born-again capitalist after seeing the success of his startup.
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spiritually reborn or converted
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a born-again Christian
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