redefinition

noun

re·​def·​i·​ni·​tion (ˌ)rē-ˌde-fə-ˈni-shən 

: an act or instance of redefining

asking for … a redefinition of the objectives of the liberal college

—B. F. Wright

such terms as liberal call for periodic redefinition

Word History

Etymology

re- + definition

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Rhymes for redefinition

• academician
• cycloaddition
• decomposition
• diagnostician
• disinhibition
• indisposition
• interposition
• juxtaposition
• mathematician
• metacognition
• metaphysician
• neurotransmission