refunction
refunction verb: to transform (a culture or institution, etc.) in order to promote social change.
Verb
refunction (third-person singular simple present refunctions, present participle refunctioning, simple past and past participle refunctioned)
- To transform (a culture or institution, etc.) in order to promote social change.
- A global corporate power, Del Rio Inc., attempts to refunction a Mexican peasant culture of small-holders for biopolitical exploitation by commodifying the water that sustains their way of life.2016, Antje Dallmann, Eva Boesenberg, Martin Klepper, Approaches to American Cultural Studies, page 143
Forms of refunction
| third-person singular present | refunctions |
|---|---|
| present participle | refunctioning |
| past participle | refunctioned |
| past | refunctioned |
Origin of refunction
From re- + function, as a calque of German Umfunktionierung.
Questions about refunction
- What does refunction mean?
- Refunction means to transform (a culture or institution, etc.) in order to promote social change.
- What part of speech is refunction?
- Refunction is a verb.
- What is the past tense of refunction?
- The past tense of refunction is refunctioned.
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