MEANING
The process of forming a substantially different understanding of an idea, problem, or phenomenon.
Use it for
describing a change in how a problem is fundamentally understood; revising the assumptions behind a concept; explaining a theoretical shift that changes the object of studyIdentifies a revision of the underlying idea or framework, rather than a cosmetic change of terminology. Academic functions: Analysis / Interpretation, Theory / Conceptual Language, Synthesis.
Words that belong together
- a reconceptualization of power
- a radical reconceptualization
- the reconceptualization of citizenship
On the page
The article proposes a reconceptualization of citizenship around participation rather than legal status alone.
Digital media prompted a reconceptualization of the boundary between author and audience.
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Usage notes
Countable or uncountable. Singular reconceptualization; plural reconceptualizations. British reconceptualisation and hyphenated re-conceptualization are variants, not separate entries. Register: academic. Commonness: uncommon (qualitative editorial estimate, informed by dictionaries/corpus).
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