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Vinony

reinscribe

verb

  1. engrave again
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Wiktionary

verb

Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Old French re-bor. Middle English re- English re- English inscribe English reinscribe From re- + inscribe.

  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.”