Rebracketing

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The process by which a word originally derived from one source is broken down or bracketed into a different set of factors. countable, uncountable

Synonyms

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metanalysismisdivisionresegmentation

Etymology

From re- + bracketing.

Related phrases

folk etymologysurface analysis

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