refunction
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English
[edit ]Etymology
[edit ]From re- + function , as a calque of German Umfunktionierung .
Verb
[edit ]refunction (third-person singular simple present refunctions , present participle refunctioning , simple past and past participle refunctioned )
- (transitive ) To transform (a culture or institution, etc.) in order to promote social change.
- 2016, Antje Dallmann, Eva Boesenberg, Martin Klepper, Approaches to American Cultural Studies, page 143:
- A global corporate power, Del Rio Inc., attempts to refunction a Mexican peasant culture of small-holders for biopolitical exploitation by commodifying the water that sustains their way of life.