redefinition

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See also: redéfinition

English

Etymology

From re- +‎ definition.

Noun

redefinition (countable and uncountable, plural redefinitions)

  1. The act or event of redefining.
    George Orwell's novel 1984 proposed that people's thoughts could be constrained by the redefinition of words in their language.

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