Meaning & use
Reinterpretation
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A new or different explanation or understanding of something previously interpreted in another way.
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The director's reinterpretation of the classic play set it in a modern city.
Historians offered a reinterpretation of the treaty based on newly discovered documents.
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Common in art, literature, and law, where the same original text or work can yield very different meanings over time.
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