Reinscribe
verb
verb ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Verb
- 1 To inscribe again.
- 2 To reproduce an idea in a new context or manifestation, typically in a way that reinforces it or extends its influence.
"This ambivalent anality both parodied national and gendered fantasies of “hardness” at the same time that it drew on dynamics of racial and queer mimesis to reinscribe hegemonic (white/ straight) masculinity."
Example
More examples"This ambivalent anality both parodied national and gendered fantasies of “hardness” at the same time that it drew on dynamics of racial and queer mimesis to reinscribe hegemonic (white/ straight) masculinity."
Etymology
From re- + inscribe.
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