reattribute
verb[T]
(alsore-attribute)uk/ˌriː.əˈtrɪb.juːt/us/ˌriː.əˈtrɪb.juːt/to say orthinkthat something is theresultorworkof something or someone different to the thing orpersonpreviouslybelievedto havecausedor done it:
Patients on theinsomniaprogramlearnto reattribute thecauseoftheirsleeplessness.
Although it wasoriginallythoughtthat thepicturewaspaintedby him, it has now been reattributedtoone of hiscontemporaries.
Thedoctorsweretaughthow to re-attributephysicalcomplaintstopsychologicalproblems.
- The therapist'staskis toencouragethem to reattribute thecauseoftheircurrentdistress.
- Heneedstolearnnot toblamehimself and to reattributeresponsibilityfor some of thetroubleshe has had.
- Critics havebegunto re-attribute thegenderof theseimages,claimingthat they arefemale.
- If anexperttellsus we havewronglyidentifiedthephotographer, we will sometimes re-attribute thephoto.
Analysing and evaluating
- adjudication
- analysable
- analyse
- analyser
- enquiry
- gauge
- go over
- go through
- have the measure ofsomeone/somethingidiom
- inspect
- inspection
- probe
- reinterpretation
- reinvestigate
- reinvestigation
- research
- risk assessment
- scratch
- the acid test
- vet
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