recharacterizationとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

re- +‎ characterization

名詞

recharacterization (countable かつ uncountable, 複数形 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.