revirementn.

Brit.

/rᵻˈvʌɪəm(ə)nt/,

/rᵻˈvɪəmɒ̃/, U.S.

/rəˈvɪrmɑn/,

/riˈvɪrmɑn/

Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French revirement.

Etymology: < French revirement act of turning around (1585 in Middle French; 1690 with specific reference to the change of a boat's course), complete change of a person's attitude or opinion (although this is apparently first attested slightly later: 1832), change of direction of an evolutionary process (although this is apparently first attested slightly later: 1837) < revirer revire v.² + -ment -ment suffix.Not fully naturalized in English. O.E.D. Suppl. (1982) gives only the non-naturalized pronunciation (rəvirmaṅ) /rəvirmɑ̃/.

A turning around or back; a complete change or reversal of an attitude, opinion, or intention.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > belief > expressed belief, opinion > change of opinion > [noun] > strong, thorough

revulsion1699

revirement1824

pirouette1832

right-about face1837

volte-face1883

right about1936

1824 G. Canning Let. in E. J. Stapleton Some Official Corr. George Canning (1887) I. 154 My other arrangements..will amount to pretty nearly a revirement of the whole system.

1899 O. Elton Augustan Ages iii. 108 The absurd revirements or motiveless conversions of the English heroic play are quite beneath Racine.

1913 W. S. Churchill Let. 18 Dec. in World Crisis (1923) I. viii. 173 If on a general revirement of Naval Policy the Cabinet decide to reduce the quota, it would be indispensable that a new exponent should be chosen.

1975 Government & Opposition 10 276 Contradictions are caused not so much by economic fluctuations—but rather by political revirements.

2002 tr. S. Pons Stalin & Inevitable War v. 162 Stalin had decided to negotiate..while all the time keeping open the possibility of a revirement towards Nazi Germany.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	revirement
释义	revirementn. Brit. /rᵻˈvʌɪəm(ə)nt/, /rᵻˈvɪəmɒ̃/, U.S. /rəˈvɪrmɑn/, /riˈvɪrmɑn/ Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French revirement. Etymology: < French revirement act of turning around (1585 in Middle French; 1690 with specific reference to the change of a boat's course), complete change of a person's attitude or opinion (although this is apparently first attested slightly later: 1832), change of direction of an evolutionary process (although this is apparently first attested slightly later: 1837) < revirer revire v.² + -ment -ment suffix.Not fully naturalized in English. O.E.D. Suppl. (1982) gives only the non-naturalized pronunciation (rəvirmaṅ) /rəvirmɑ̃/. A turning around or back; a complete change or reversal of an attitude, opinion, or intention. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > belief > expressed belief, opinion > change of opinion > [noun] > strong, thorough revulsion1699 revirement1824 pirouette1832 right-about face1837 volte-face1883 right about1936 1824 G. Canning Let. in E. J. Stapleton Some Official Corr. George Canning (1887) I. 154 My other arrangements..will amount to pretty nearly a revirement of the whole system. 1899 O. Elton Augustan Ages iii. 108 The absurd revirements or motiveless conversions of the English heroic play are quite beneath Racine. 1913 W. S. Churchill Let. 18 Dec. in World Crisis (1923) I. viii. 173 If on a general revirement of Naval Policy the Cabinet decide to reduce the quota, it would be indispensable that a new exponent should be chosen. 1975 Government & Opposition 10 276 Contradictions are caused not so much by economic fluctuations—but rather by political revirements. 2002 tr. S. Pons Stalin & Inevitable War v. 162 Stalin had decided to negotiate..while all the time keeping open the possibility of a revirement towards Nazi Germany. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1824
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