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When used as a word, '''Redux''' is an adjective that indicates something is being brought back, revived or restored. It's root is the Latin "reducere." It also has overtones of a reduction or conpression of the original work in the reference (hence Redudcio in [[Spells in Harry Potter]]).

Redux can also be used to refer to the drug [[Dexfenfluramine]]

==Recent Uses==
The use of the term can be used in several ways. For example, [[John Updike]] titled his 1971 novel [[Rabbit Redux]] as a sequel to his 1960 novel, [[Rabbit, Run]]. Similarly, [[Anthony Trollope]] titled his sequel to [[Phineas Finn]] as [[Phineas Redux]]. 2001 saw the release of Apocalypse Now: Redux as an extended, largely forgotten re-release of the film [[Apocalypse Now]].

A more altrustic use is found in [[Astraea Redux]] by [[John Dryden]], where the name refers to an era which piques itself on the return of the reign of justice to the earth. 

The [[East Village Opera Company]] has titled many of their tracks with a '''Redux''' suffix to indicate a revisting of a traditional opera theme or aria.