recharacterization

English

Alternative forms

• recharacterisation

Etymology

From re- +‎ characterization.

Noun

recharacterization (countable and uncountable, plural recharacterizations)

1. The assignment of a new character or personality to something.
   • 2012, Debra Mitts-Smith, Picturing the Wolf in Children's Literature, page 123:

     Images of trapped, unconscious, and dead wolves reflect as well as contribute to the recharacterization of the wolf.

2. (law, finance) The treatment of a certain course of conduct in a different manner to which the participants describe it.
   • 2009 April 2, Deborah L. Jacobs, “For This Year, a Chance to Shift Financial Strategies”, in New York Times‎^[1]:

     You owe tax on April 15 on $100,000, unless you reverse the transaction — a process called recharacterization.