Meanings
plural recharacterizations · alternative recharacterisation
- countableuncountableThe assignment of a new character or personality to something.
Images of trapped, unconscious, and dead wolves reflect as well as contribute to the recharacterization of the wolf.
2012, Debra Mitts-Smith, Picturing the Wolf in Children's Literature, page 123 - countableuncountablebusinessThe treatment of a certain course of conduct in a different manner to which the participants describe it.
You owe tax on April 15 on $100,000, unless you reverse the transaction — a process called recharacterization.
2009 April 2, Deborah L. Jacobs, “For This Year, a Chance to Shift Financial Strategies”, in New York Times
Origin
- Proto-Italic*wre-
- Latinre-
- Old Frenchre-
- Middle Englishre-
- Englishre-
- Ancient Greekχαράσσω (kharássō)
- Ancient Greekχαρακτήρ (kharaktḗr)
- Ancient Greekχᾰρακτηρίζω (khăraktērízō)
- Medieval Latincharactērizō
- Englishcharacterize
- Englishcharacterization
- Englishrecharacterization
From re- + characterization.
Full word history & related roots →Cite this entry
recharacterization. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/recharacterization
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