Revirement

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German

Etymology

19th century, from French revirement (sudden and drastic change), from revirer (turn a boat around). The German semantic development suggests that it may have been associated with unrelated Latin vir (man), thus as it were “remanning”.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʁevi(ː)ʁəˈmã/, , , , , ,

Noun

Revirement n (strong, genitive Revirements, plural Revirements)

  1. (learned) reshuffle, process of refilling positions (especially when several are changed at once)
    Synonym: Umbesetzung
    Nach Aufdeckung des Skandals gab es ein großes Revirement.
    When the scandal had been revealed, there was a great reshuffle.

Declension