Associations to the word «Reanalysis»

Wiktionary

REANALYSIS, noun. A second or subsequent analysis.
REANALYSIS, noun. (linguistics) Analyzing a lexeme with a different structure from its original, often by misunderstanding. For example, hamburger, which is originally Hamburg + -er, was reanalyzed as ham + -burger, which produced words like cheeseburger.

Wise words

Whatever words we utter should be chosen with care for people will hear them and be influenced by them for good or ill.
Buddha