redefinition

[US]/ˌridɛfə'nɪʃən/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

English definition: the act of redefining or redefining the meaning of something.

Real-world Examples

And it required a real redefinition of self not just of the British government but the British people.

Source: NPR News March 2017 Compilation

A core part of that redefinition is how we define not only who is an American but what constitutes citizenship.

Source: TED Talks (Video Edition) August 2020 Collection

So, I think it will really lead to a complete redefinition of the diagnosis of people who have idiopathic hypersomnia or insomnia.

Source: Scientific Journal: Human Health

And are we needing such a redefinition today?

Source: TED Talks (Audio Version) July 2020 Collection

He's representing more a new redefinition of what Black manhood means from an earlier generation in which a Joe Lewis -- or perhaps a better example is Jackie Robinson -- is there.

Source: Sway

" The redefinition, " Horowitz says, " is a task uniquely performed by the young. It is they alone who combine invention and exaggeration, reason and motion, word and sound, music and politics."

Source: Advanced English book1

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