recharacterization
nounEtymology From re- + characterization.
1
The assignment of a new character or personality to something.
- Images of trapped, unconscious, and dead wolves reflect as well as contribute to the recharacterization of the wolf.2012, Debra Mitts-Smith, Picturing the Wolf in Children's Literature, page 123:
2
Business, Finance, Law The treatment of a certain course of conduct in a different manner to which the participants describe it.
- You owe tax on April 15 on $100,000, unless you reverse the transaction — a process called recharacterization.2009 April 2, Deborah L. Jacobs, “For This Year, a Chance to Shift Financial Strategies”, in New York Times: