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rearticulation

rearticulation

7.5
Expressing an idea again in a new, clearer way
  • noun
  • /ˌriːˌɑːrˈtɪkjuːˈleɪʃən/
translation icon : rearticulación
  • Her presentation included a rearticulation of the key points discussed in the previous seminar.

Examples

  • The business of arranging mail-order marriages points to the intersection of a number of competing global discourses, in which global capitalism has enabled the rearticulation of U.S. patriarchal and imperial desires to "rescue" women from "Third World" poverty and men.

    Academic text (2006)
  • In all of these areas, we see a rearticulation of the relationship between states and financial risk.

    Academic text (2008)
  • This rearticulation needs careful examination.

    Academic text (1990)
  • It is also a rearticulation of Indian Act policy.

    Academic text (2009)
  • However, what energizes Hammerstein's vision of domesticating intervention is the contemporary rearticulation of the social worker's role and subsequent possibilities for dramatic social change.

    Academic text (2012)
  • In a context of renewed imperialism and attendant public discourse about a clash of civilizations, this set of oppositions finds fertile ground for rearticulation when it comes to Middle Eastern art.

    Academic text (2008)
  • We refer provisionally to this rearticulation of political forces as "polycentric development coalitions" (PDCs), which are distinguishable from the state-centric patterns characteristic of political arrangements prior to the 1980s.

    Academic text (2000)
  • The teacher encouraged a rearticulation of the essay to clarify the main arguments.

  • During the meeting, there was a rearticulation of the project's goals to ensure everyone understood the objectives.

Synonyms

reinvention
vsrearticulation
13 4.6

A big change that makes something seem new

is milder, meaning repeat expression or forming rather than radical change
restatement
vsrearticulation
5 4.1

A different way of saying the same idea to make it clearer

is broader, covering forming or expressing again beyond revision
reinterpretation
vsrearticulation
3 6.2

A new meaning people give to something like a song or story

focuses on wording or form change rather than changing meaning
recasting
vsrearticulation
1 5.6

Changing the words of a sentence to say it more clearly

is more general, not limited to wording changes
reexpression
vsrearticulation
6.5

Saying or writing something again in a different way to make it clearer

is about expressing or forming again in a wider new way
redescription
vsrearticulation
7.0

To describe something again in a new or clearer way

is broader, covering any reexpression or reformation not just description
recomposition
vsrearticulation
6.7

Making a new version of something by changing its parts or structure

is wider, including both forming and expressing in new ways
re-creation
vsrearticulation
4.8

To make something again after people destroy or lose it

covers any renewed expression or forming, not only recovery after loss
re-formation
vsrearticulation
  • UK
5.8

To make something again in a new or better way

is more general, not necessarily improving or fixing what existed before
reimagination
vsrearticulation
6.5

A new version of something old that changes its form or style

is less creative, focused on expressing or forming again plainly

How Clear

elucidation
  • Formal
1 6.5
clarification
62 3.3
rearticulation
7.5
rephrasing
1 3.5
restatement
5 4.1

Surface Forms

Morphology

rearticulation = rearticulate (transparent) = re + articulate + ion

This is a regular noun formation from the verb 'rearticulate' meaning the act or process of doing it again.

Etymology

Rearticulation comes from re- 'again' and articulate 'to explain clearly'. So a rearticulation is saying or shaping an idea again in a new, clearer way.