reconstrue
verbEtymology From re- + construe.
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To construe something again, or in a new way.
- Near-synonym: reframe
- Kripke is an essentialist, and so he is motivated to do things (such as reconstruing some modal intuitions) that are motivated by essentialism.2002, Conceivability and Possibility, →ISBN, page 241:
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- Experience of invalidation may lead to reconstruing, which may take various forms.2003, Ray Woolfe, Handbook of Counselling Psychology, →ISBN, page 242:
- Related terms
- reconstruct