Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

self-reinvention

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.64 in modern English

Syllables: self--rein-ven-tion
IPA

21

Scrabble Score

15

Letters

5

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The act of significantly changing one's own life.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Ito continues his self-reinventions. Each time his turn seems suited to the moment ambivalently, equal parts progressive and defeated, and perhaps each time, but certainly this time, the fault rests not with him but the political moment."
"The new crop of anti-perfectionist self-help books are an important counterweight to the conventional message of self-reinvention, which is that there’s no point at which it makes sense to be satisfied with your situation and finally relax, since you could always benefit from acquiring more money, status, education, and so on."

Etymology

From self- + reinvention.

Usage

Inflected Forms

self-reinventions (plural)

Questions

What does self-reinvention mean?: The act of significantly changing one's own life.
Where does self-reinvention come from?: From self- + reinvention.

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