retransfiguration

English

Etymology

re- +‎ transfiguration

Noun

retransfiguration (countable and uncountable, plural retransfigurations)

1. transfiguration again
   • 1918, The Autocar, Volume 41‎^[1], Iliffe, Sons & Sturmey, page 233:

     I hear of hundreds of miles of sidings, acres of covered sheddings, scores of miles of drain pipes, all ready and waiting to be put down. But organises and officially sanctioned attempt to ruin the post-war possibility of the retransfiguration and resurrection of an industry that has ever received more kicks than halfpence, although by its very existence it practicially saved the country when the latter was in need of help such as the industry alone was able to give.

   • 1929, Charles Edward Montague, The Right Place‎^[2], Chatto and Windus, page 14:

     Some such retransfiguration of things that had sunk into triteness blesses the fortunate holidaymaker.

   • 1996, Women in French Studies, Volume 4‎^[3], Women in French, page 10:

     Unconscious desire, as Lacan frequently reminded us, insists on reproducing itself in scenarios of our adult life that are retransfigurations of the early fantasmatic scenarios.