realignments
New arrangement efforts
Realignments are shifts in arrangement, organization, or allegiance.
The term appears in politics when voting blocs or party coalitions restructure: The 1960s brought a major realignment in Southern voting patterns.
In physical contexts, realignments involve repositioning things that have drifted out of proper arrangement: spinal realignments, wheel realignments.
Organizations undergo realignments when they restructure divisions or partnerships.
Rearranging an existing framework
- reorganizationChanging how something's arranged
- mergerCorporate combination
- consolidationCombining into unified whole
- hierarchyRanked authority structure
departments · workflow · management · strategy · corporate · operations · integration · streamlining
Redrawing electoral boundaries
- gerrymanderingManipulating electoral boundaries strategically
- coalitionTemporary alliance for action
- partyGathering for celebration
- electoralConcerning choosing representatives
bloc · faction · constituency · voting · bipartisan · caucus · legislature · swing
Alteration to improve fit
- positioningArranging in specific locations
- calibrationAdjusting for measurement accuracy
- correctionFixing of mistakes
- straighteningMaking something not crooked
posture · chiropractic · spine · skeletal · joints · vertebrae · manipulation · orthopedic
Most important things
- valuesPrinciples held worthwhile
- goalsIntended end results
- perspectiveAttitude or spatial rendering
- identityWho someone is
self-assessment · beliefs · mindset · purpose · direction · focus · introspection · recalibration
Formal unions for cooperation
- treatiesFormal agreements between states
- spheresRound solids, all points equidistant
- blocsUnified political groups
- diplomacyNegotiation between nations
NATO · borders · territories · influence · superpowers · multipolar · hegemony · sovereignty
restructuring
Rearranging an existing framework
- reorganizationChanging how something's arranged
- mergerCorporate combination
- consolidationCombining into unified whole
hierarchy · departments · workflow · management · strategy · corporate · operations · integration · streamlining · efficiency
redistricting
Redrawing electoral boundaries
- gerrymanderingManipulating electoral boundaries strategically
- coalitionTemporary alliance for action
- partyGathering for celebration
electoral · bloc · faction · constituency · voting · bipartisan · caucus · legislature · swing · incumbent
adjustment
Alteration to improve fit
- positioningArranging in specific locations
- calibrationAdjusting for measurement accuracy
- correctionFixing of mistakes
straightening · posture · chiropractic · spine · skeletal · joints · vertebrae · manipulation · orthopedic · therapy
priorities
Most important things
- valuesPrinciples held worthwhile
- goalsIntended end results
- perspectiveAttitude or spatial rendering
identity · self-assessment · beliefs · mindset · purpose · direction · focus · introspection · recalibration · balance
alliances
Formal unions for cooperation
- treatiesFormal agreements between states
- spheresRound solids, all points equidistant
- blocsUnified political groups
diplomacy · NATO · borders · territories · influence · superpowers · multipolar · hegemony · sovereignty · coalitions
- adjustmentsadjustment, tweaks, adjust, shifts, fixes
realignmentsstasis
State of inactivity
stability · status quo · permanence · constancy · continuity
realignmentspreservation
Maintaining something's condition
maintenance · conservation · retention · perpetuation · entrenchment
realignmentsfixations
Persistent mental attachments
immobilization · entrenchment · rigidity · inflexibility · stationariness