reinvention

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English

Etymology

From re- +‎ invention.

Noun

reinvention (countable and uncountable, plural reinventions)

  1. A reinventing of something.
    There have been various reinventions of the wheel.
    • 2002, Art Tipaldi, Children of the Blues, P.67:
      Chicago was home to the reinvention of the harmonica from tiny dime store toy to amplified and distorted Mississippi sax.
    • 2022 January 1, Oliver Burkeman, “New year, same old you! The secret to self-improvement is embracing your messy, imperfect life”, in The Guardian:
      Personal reinventions fail partly for the obvious reasons: you set your goals too high; or your existing obligations at work or home get in the way; or you find (who could have imagined it?) that the unimpressive level of self-discipline you’ve demonstrated for your entire life until this moment can’t magically be tripled overnight.
  2. The condition of being reinvented.

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