reinstantiate

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verb

To instantiate again.

“with the claim that ontogeny recapitulates phylogeny clearly implying that it reinstantiates some underlying unitary force or principle”

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Meanings

verbreinstantiate (third-person singular simple present reinstantiates, present participle reinstantiating, simple past and past participle reinstantiated)

present singular third person reinstantiates · participle present reinstantiating · participle past reinstantiated · past reinstantiated

  1. To instantiate again.

    with the claim that ontogeny recapitulates phylogeny clearly implying that it reinstantiates some underlying unitary force or principle

    1 more example

    The TRC setting begins to reverse this double trauma: it simultaneously helps to reinstantiate her subjectivity and her membership in the community.

    2012, Noelle McAfee, Democracy and the Political Unconscious

Origin

From re- + instantiate.

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APA

reinstantiate. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/reinstantiate

MLA

“reinstantiate.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/reinstantiate. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “reinstantiate,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/reinstantiate.

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