reconception

noun

re·​con·​cep·​tion (ˌ)rē-kən-ˈsep-shən 

plural reconceptions

1

: the action of reconceiving something or the state of being reconceived

In January, Lina M. Khan, a fellow at Open Markets, published an article in The Yale Law Journal arguing for a complete reconception of antitrust laws to deal with the rise of Amazon.

—Farhad Manjoo

2

: something that has been reconceived

It also manages to be the best reconception of "Star Trek" in a year that also gave us "The Orville" and the actual prequel, "Star Trek: Discovery."

—James Poniewozik

Examples of reconception in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Ostensibly, this is the story of a writer’s development, but, like so many of Irving’s novels, its real impulse is a reconception of family. —Ron Charles, Washington Post, 12 Oct. 2022

First is reform, reconception and renovation: to chip away at the existing culture in order to rebuild a new one slowly. —Sid Mohasseb, Forbes, 8 June 2021

Word History

First Known Use

1656, in the meaning defined at sense 1