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re-analysis

re-analysis is the alternative form of reanalysis.

Meaning of reanalysis

Noun

reanalysis (plural reanalyses)

  1. A second or subsequent analysis.
  2. Analyzing a lexeme with a different structure from its original, often by misunderstanding.
    • The initial g- in several of the forms is due to reanalysis from syntactic constructions in which the initial k- preceded by a vowel regularly lenites.2025, Cid Swanenvleugel, The Pre-Roman Elements of the Sardinian Lexicon, page 265

Questions about re-analysis

What is re-analysis the alternative form of?
Re-analysis is the alternative form of reanalysis.

Words near re-analysis in the dictionary

  1. re-allies
  2. re-allot
  3. re-ally
  4. re-allying
  5. re-analyse
  6. re-analysis
  7. re-animate
  8. re-animated
  9. re-animates
  10. re-animating
  11. re-animation

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