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recharacterization

recharacterization noun: the assignment of a new character or personality to something.

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 recharacterization

pluralrecharacterizations
alternative formrecharacterisation

Origin of recharacterization

From re- + characterization.

Questions about recharacterization

What does recharacterization mean?
Recharacterization means the assignment of a new character or personality to something.
What part of speech is recharacterization?
Recharacterization is a noun.
What is the plural of recharacterization?
The plural of recharacterization is recharacterizations.

Words near recharacterization in the dictionary

  1. recharacterisations
  2. recharacterise
  3. recharacterised
  4. recharacterises
  5. recharacterising
  6. recharacterization
  7. recharacterizations
  8. recharacterize
  9. recharacterized
  10. recharacterizes
  11. recharacterizing

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