rereading

noun

re·​read·​ing (ˌ)rē-ˈrē-diŋ How to pronounce rereading (audio)
plural rereadings
Synonyms of rereadingnext
: an act of reading something again especially from a different perspective
a contemporary rereading of the classics

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But even unresolved, the accusations have thrown open a rereading — the kind Wiley didn’t want — of his life and work and the art world’s own tradition of propping up the powerful. — Rachel Corbett, Vulture, 5 Nov. 2024 Archival film reels captured slices of the sugarcane industry in Java, first established by the Dutch and continuing under Suharto’s regime, coalescing into a kaleidoscopic and vertiginous rereading of the colonial past and an interrogation of historical specters. — Hung Duong, Artforum, 1 Nov. 2024

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First Known Use

1756, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of rereading was in 1756

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“Rereading.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/rereading. Accessed 25 Mar. 2025.

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