reconstrue

present singular third person reconstrues · participle present reconstruing · participle past reconstrued · past reconstrued

1. To construe something again, or in a new way.

   Near-synonym: reframe

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   Kripke is an essentialist, and so he is motivated to do things (such as reconstruing some modal intuitions) that are motivated by essentialism.

   2002, Conceivability and Possibility, →ISBN, page 241

   Experience of invalidation may lead to reconstruing, which may take various forms.

   2003, Ray Woolfe, Handbook of Counselling Psychology, →ISBN, page 242

   Synonyms: reframe