redux
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redux
- /ˈɹiːdʌks/
- /ɹiˈdʌks/
Rhymes with -ʌks
Where it comes from
From Latin redux (“that returns”), from redūcō (“to bring back”). The word may have re-entered popular usage in the United States with the publication of the novel Rabbit Redux (1971) by John Updike, although it had previously been used in medicine, literary titles, and product names.
adjective
- Of a topic, redone, restored, brought back, or revisited. After an unusually cold August, September felt like summer redux as a heatwave sent temperatures soaring.
noun reduxes
- A theme or topic that is redone, restored, brought back, or revisited. With the exception of the leader's boppish title tune, the album is filled with anarchistic jazz reduxes of Nichols, Ellington, Kurt Weill, and Cole Porter.
Translations
Talk about this word "redux." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/redux. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. redux. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/redux "redux." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/redux.Cite this
@misc{redux_2026,
title = {redux},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/redux},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
