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recharacterisation

recharacterisation is the alternative form of recharacterization.

Meaning of recharacterization

Noun

recharacterization (countable and uncountable, plural recharacterizations)

  1. The assignment of a new character or personality to something.
    • Images of trapped, unconscious, and dead wolves reflect as well as contribute to the recharacterization of the wolf.2012, Debra Mitts-Smith, Picturing the Wolf in Children's Literature, page 123
  2. The treatment of a certain course of conduct in a different manner to which the participants describe it.
    • You owe tax on April 15 on $100,000, unless you reverse the transaction — a process called recharacterization.2009 April 2, Deborah L. Jacobs, “For This Year, a Chance to Shift Financial Strategies”, in New York Times

Forms of recharacterisation

pluralrecharacterisations

Origin of recharacterisation

From re- + characterisation.

Questions about recharacterisation

What is recharacterisation the alternative form of?
Recharacterisation is the alternative form of recharacterization.

Words near recharacterisation in the dictionary

  1. rechannels
  2. rechant
  3. rechanted
  4. rechanting
  5. rechants
  6. recharacterisation
  7. recharacterisations
  8. recharacterise
  9. recharacterised
  10. recharacterises
  11. recharacterising

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