Definition of redefinition in English:
redefinition
noun riːdɛfɪˈnɪʃ(ə)nˌriˌdɛfəˈnɪʃ(ə)n
mass nounThe action or process of defining something again or differently.
the redefinition of the role of financial advisers
count noun redefinitions of nation, race, gender, and class
Example sentencesExamples
- To this practical problem was added another having to do with ideological redefinitions of gender.
- The positive redefinition of a specifically Asian form of masculinity may also be a significant part of these texts' appeal.
- The writer sought to stress the question of identity, of the redefinition of feminine and masculine roles and attributes.
- What we're looking at is a redefinition of what it means to be a CEO.
- His reaction was both emotionally unsparing and radical in its redefinition of musical form.
- I think that there's a need for compassion, a need for redefinition of what we perceive as American.
- The redefinition of the American family was going on anyway.
- Scholars are now searching for a new conceptual framework and the redefinition of key global issues in the new post-Cold War setting.
- Hinduism and the relationship of religion to society have undergone a massive redefinition from the 18th to the 20th Centuries.
- Yet she also conveys the resilience and irony of a woman forced by crisis into a redefinition of self.
Definition of redefinition in US English:
redefinition
nounˌrēˌdefəˈniSH(ə)nˌriˌdɛfəˈnɪʃ(ə)n
The action or process of defining something again or differently.
the redefinition of the role of financial advisers
count noun redefinitions of nation, race, gender, and class
Example sentencesExamples
- The redefinition of the American family was going on anyway.
- Scholars are now searching for a new conceptual framework and the redefinition of key global issues in the new post-Cold War setting.
- To this practical problem was added another having to do with ideological redefinitions of gender.
- What we're looking at is a redefinition of what it means to be a CEO.
- Hinduism and the relationship of religion to society have undergone a massive redefinition from the 18th to the 20th Centuries.
- The positive redefinition of a specifically Asian form of masculinity may also be a significant part of these texts' appeal.
- His reaction was both emotionally unsparing and radical in its redefinition of musical form.
- I think that there's a need for compassion, a need for redefinition of what we perceive as American.
- The writer sought to stress the question of identity, of the redefinition of feminine and masculine roles and attributes.
- Yet she also conveys the resilience and irony of a woman forced by crisis into a redefinition of self.