redescriptionn.
/ˌriːdᵻˈskrɪpʃn/, U.S. /ˌridəˈskrɪpʃ(ə)n/, /ˌridiˈskrɪpʃ(ə)n/ Renewed or repeated description; an instance of this, a new or different description.
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the mind > language > speech > narration > description or act of describing > [noun]
descrivingc1325
declaration1382
descriptiona1387
devisementc1400
descrying1440
presentmentc1454
describing1553
delineation1578
display1583
presentation1597
representationa1602
diction1604
characterism1608
deciphera1670
characterization1801
redescription1839
descriptivism1935
1839 Trans. Amer. Philos. Soc. 6 129 Mr Say does not mention why he changed the name on redescription.
1884 G. B. Goode in G. B. Goode et al. Fisheries U.S.: Sect. I 337 The numerous redescriptions to which almost all widely distributed forms have been subjected.
1926 Jrnl. Philos. Stud. 1 186 ‘Explanation’, we repeat, is, for the scientific man, the re-description of phenomena in terms of the irreducibly simple concepts of mathematical physics.
1967 Corpus Christi (Texas) Caller-Times 19 Feb. 10/4 We need..a re-description of some of the old property.
2000 J. Caughie Television Drama viii. 212 There is a danger that cognitive mapping..can end up only in the constant description and redescription of a kind of cultural phenomenology.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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