Resurfacing means re-emerging.
Resurgence is a term that refers to arising again . This verb (emerge), for its part, refers to appearing, breaking in or emerging.
For example: “We have to work together and put in a lot of effort to achieve the resurgence of the company,” “I have no doubts: despite this tragedy, the city will rise again and shine again in all its splendor,” “Every once in a while, The rumor resurfaces again, but we are already used to it.”
Examples of resurgence
The concept, whose etymological root refers us to the Latin word resurgĕre , can be used in different contexts. A company can resurface when it manages to overcome a bad financial moment . Suppose that a fast food restaurant chain that once had twenty locations now has only one due to an economic crisis. If, three years later, it manages to reopen ten of its stores thanks to a recovery , it can be said that the chain managed to re-emerge.
In a similar sense, a country's economy rebounds when it leaves the recession behind . This is the case of an economy that grew for four years, then fell for two consecutive years and finally manages to resurface and grow again.
A sports team, for its part, can resurface by reversing an adverse result . A basketball team that was losing by twenty points at the end of the first half, manages to resurface in the last quarter thanks to the great performance of its captain and thus ends up winning the game by one point.
The artist who regains his popularity, the politician who wins an election after several defeats, and the athlete who returns to compete after a serious injury are other examples of people who manage to resurface.
The phoenix is a mythological creature capable of rising from the ashes.
The phoenix
On many occasions when the verb resurge is used it is associated with the expression “rise from the ashes” . This phrase derives from mythology, specifically from a creature known as a phoenix , which was the size of an eagle and was identified by having characteristic reddish plumage and a yellow beak.
This being, in addition to everything explained, had a peculiarity that made it unique and special: every 500 years it was consumed through fire and then, from those ashes, it regained its appearance and life .
Precisely starting from this we find the fact that when it is said that someone has risen from the ashes like a phoenix, what they are trying to convey is that the person has gone through the worst moment of their life, they have been really sunk and without desire. to move on, but finally he has managed to recover, face what happened and regain the strength to fight and to continue his life path.
It is important to know that this expression can not only be used to refer to flesh and blood individuals but can also be used with companies . Thus, on many occasions it is used to mention the case of businesses and companies that were bankrupt and about to close but that, thanks to commitment, effort and new projects, have managed not only to overcome the crisis but also to enter a stage of recovery. great success.