reorientationn.
/rɪˌɔːrɪənˈteɪʃn/, /ˌriːɔːrɪənˈteɪʃn/, /rɪˌɒrɪənˈteɪʃn/, /ˌriːɒrɪənˈteɪʃn/, U.S. /ˈˌriˌɔriənˈteɪʃ(ə)n/ The action or process of reorienting; a fresh orientation.
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the world > time > change > [noun] > of position or attitude
turning1340
metabasis1550
shift1831
reorientation1888
conversion1893
relance1960
1888 Science 30 Mar. 152/2 We should scarcely expect pressure pure and simple to cause a re-orientation of the axes of the two crystal fragments.
1920 Contemp. Rev. July 6 There will be needed a great collaboration of wisely directed effort at home, combined with an entire reorientation of attitude and policy on the part of the Allies.
1942 L. B. Namier Conflicts 16 Far-seeing statesmen discerned the need of such a reorientation.
1951 R. Firth Elements Social Organization iii. 110 This is represented..by a re-orientation of resources in goods or labour power.
1967 G. Steiner Lang. & Silence 83 Many reorientations, many ways of ordering and choosing are available to scholarship and the imagination.
1991 Times Educ. Suppl. 11 Jan. (First Appointments) ix./3 My ‘reorientation’ course at Bath College of Higher Education for secondary staff who want to convert to primary teaching.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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