Meanings
verbreconceptualize (third-person singular simple present reconceptualizes, present participle reconceptualizing, simple past and past participle reconceptualized)
present singular third person reconceptualizes · participle present reconceptualizing · participle past reconceptualized · past reconceptualized
- transitiveTo conceptualize afresh; to develop a replacement concept of.
Origin
- Proto-Italic*wre-
- Latinre-
- Old Frenchre-
- Middle Englishre-
- Englishre-
- Proto-Indo-European*ḱe?
- Proto-Indo-European*ḱóm
- Proto-Italic*kom
- Proto-Italic*kom-
- Latincon-
- Proto-Indo-European*kap-
- Proto-Indo-European*kapyéti
- Proto-Italic*kapjō
- Latincapiō
- Ancient Greekσῠλλᾰμβᾰ́νω (sŭllămbắnō)
- Latinconcipiō
- Latinconceptus
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
- Medieval Latinconceptuālis
- Englishconceptual
- Englishconceptualize
- Englishreconceptualize
From re- + conceptualize.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Finnish käsitteellistää uudelleen, luoda uudenlainen käsite
- käsitteellistää uudelleenTranslations
- luoda uudenlainen käsiteTranslations
German rekonzeptualisieren
- rekonzeptualisierenTranslations
Polish konceptualizować jeszcze raz
- konceptualizować jeszcze razTranslations
Cite this entry
APA
reconceptualize. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/reconceptualize
MLA
“reconceptualize.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/reconceptualize. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “reconceptualize,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/reconceptualize.
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