retheorize

verb

re·​the·​o·​rize (ˌ)rē-ˈthē-ə-ˌrīz 

-ˈthir-ˌīz

retheorized; retheorizing

transitive verb

: to form a new or different theory about (something)

retheorizing gender identity in the 21st century

In the third stage, critics of black literature began to retheorize social—and textual—boundaries.

—Henry Louis Gates, Jr.

retheorization

(ˌ)rē-ˌthē-ə-rə-ˈzā-shən 

-ˌthir-ə-

noun

plural retheorizations

… critical legal geography has direct implications for the retheorization of human geography …

—David Delaney

Word History

First Known Use

1967, in the meaning defined above