reinventionn.
/ˌriːɪnˈvɛnʃn/, U.S. /ˌriᵻnˈvɛnʃ(ə)n/ The action of reinventing a person or thing.
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the mind > mental capacity > perception or cognition > faculty of imagination > inventive or creative faculty > [noun] > operation of > afresh
reinvention1719
rebirth1790
reincarnation1897
1719 Weekly Medley 28 Mar. An Art now so long lost, its Loss so lamented, and its re-invention so much coveted.
1796 J. Brand Hist. Ess. Polit. Assoc. in State vi. 49 This Century had not the honour of first discovering this fine principle of tribunitial morality, in the classical records, or of the re-invention of it.
1878 S. Newcomb Pop. Astron. ii. i. 108 He..set himself to the reinvention of the instrument.
1964 W. L. Goodman Hist. Woodworking Tools 38 It appears to be a re-invention of the Minoan and Roman tool.
1973 Sci. Amer. Apr. 85/1 James thought up the idea of the differential gear (actually a reinvention).
2003 A. Greenwald Nothing feels Good iv. xiv. 277 The internet is the most teenage of media because it too exists in this hypertime of limitless limited moments and constant reinvention.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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