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refounding

refounding

1 6.6
Setting up something again after it stopped or failed
  • noun
  • /rɪˈfaʊndɪŋ/
translation icon : refundación
  • After years of decline, the board is focusing on the refounding of the organization to restore its original mission.

Because most people cannot be that sovereign because it's like an overnight plunge into refounding everything, OK.

Examples

  • This shift corresponds to a displacement of the interpersonal by the objective, the refounding of dramatic tension, which will now be guaranteed by the situation rather than by a conflict between individuals.

    Academic text (1996)
  • Women Lasallian Volunteers are a small but significant part of the refounding of the Lasallian family in our century.

    Blog text (33)
  • The new book, check it out is the broken Constitution subtitle Lincoln, Slavery and the Refounding of America.

  • Because most people cannot be that sovereign because it's like an overnight plunge into refounding everything, OK.

  • That's why our little group, the ReFounding Father Society, is encouraging our members: big meeting tomorrow in Houston, Texas.

    Blog text (5)
  • The Pentecostal impact, because the Spirit acts, has to be regained, reappropriated, and reapplied from the human, ecclesial side, not in a refounding but in a renewal of the founding of the church on Pentecost.

    Academic text (2008)
  • The mayor announced plans for the refounding of the town's community center to revive local activities.

  • The refounding of the university's mission will involve new leadership and updated goals for student engagement.

Synonyms

to relaunch
vsrefounding
7 3.9

To start something again after it stops or after you change it

is about restoring function after ending or failure rather than publicity
reestablishment
vsrefounding
2 4.6

Making something exist or work again after it stopped

is used for restoring after ending or change rather than brief absence
reconstitution
vsrefounding
1 7.4

Bringing a group or organization back together after it ends

is about restoring existence after ending or failure rather than only restructuring
reinstitution
vsrefounding
1 6.8

Bringing back a rule or practice after it stopped

is broader and suits restoring after ending failure or significant change
re-formation
vsrefounding
  • UK
5.8

To make something again in a new or better way

focuses more on restoring existence after ending or failure rather than improvement

Antonyms

43 4.3

To stop being a group, for example a band or committee

Surface Forms

refounding singular
refoundings plural

Morphology

refounding = refound (transparent) = re + found + ing

This is a regular noun-forming use of '-ing' from the verb 'refound', meaning the act or process of doing it.

Etymology

The word refounding comes from the prefix re- meaning 'again' and founding, from the verb 'to found' (seen in foundation and founder) meaning 'to set up' or 'lay a base'. So refounding is the act of setting something up again after it has ended, failed, or been changed.