reinterpretationn.
/ˌriːɪnˌtəːprᵻˈteɪʃn/, U.S. /ˈˌriᵻnˌtərprəˈteɪʃ(ə)n/ A fresh interpretation.
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the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > meaning > explanation, exposition > interpretation > [noun] > fresh
reinterpretation1860
1860 W. B. Pope tr. R. Stier Words of Lord Jesus VI. 194 The word is here closely connected with the forgoing, and we have afterwards..the more profound and concentrated re-interpretation of the same expression.
1880 19th Cent. Aug. 315 These are only specimens of a characteristically commendable reinterpretation.
1956 Nature 10 Mar. 443/2 For these reasons there should be a re-interpretation of humanism.
1974 R. A. Hall External Hist. Romance Lang. 6 The reinterpretation of an unfamiliar form or part of a form under the influence of another form with which it has been identified.
2003 R. Lacey Street Bible 58 Don't add in riders, reinterpretations or get-out clauses.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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