reconceived
Fundamentally rethought something
Reconceived is the past tense of reconceive, meaning to conceive again or in a new way.
When something is reconceived, it has been fundamentally rethought or reimagined rather than merely revised or updated.
The term appears most often in creative and intellectual contexts: The director reconceived the classic play as a modern political allegory.
After the project failed, the team reconceived their entire approach.
Conceived again differently
- rethoughtConsidered again afterward
- reconsideredThought about once more
- reexaminedInspected a second time
- reassessedEvaluated anew
reframed · reinterpreted · reevaluated · questioned · challenged · pondered · contemplated · reflected
Redesigned fundamentally
- overhauledThoroughly repaired or renovated
- remadeConstructed again
- restructuredRearranged fundamentally
- remodeledAltered structure or design
reshaped · revamped · reformed · renewed · regenerated · revolutionized · metamorphosed · converted
Mentally pictured beforehand
- innovatedCreated something original
- originatedFirst came into existence
- brainstormedGenerated ideas freely
- ideatedFormed mental concepts
inspired · invented · pioneered · imagined · visionary · breakthrough · novel · original
reimagined
Conceived again differently
- rethoughtConsidered again afterward
- reconsideredThought about once more
- reexaminedInspected a second time
reassessed · reframed · reinterpreted · reevaluated · questioned · challenged · pondered · contemplated · reflected · analyzed
reinvented
Redesigned fundamentally
- overhauledThoroughly repaired or renovated
- remadeConstructed again
- restructuredRearranged fundamentally
remodeled · reshaped · revamped · reformed · renewed · regenerated · revolutionized · metamorphosed · converted · transmuted
envisioned
Mentally pictured beforehand
- innovatedCreated something original
- originatedFirst came into existence
- brainstormedGenerated ideas freely
ideated · inspired · invented · pioneered · imagined · visionary · breakthrough · novel · original · ingenious
reconceivedpreserved
Kept from deterioration
maintained · unchanged · unaltered · kept · retained
reconceivedtweaked
Altered in minor ways
adjusted · fine-tuned · refined · polished · touched up
reconceivedcopied
Reproduced from original
imitated · replicated · reproduced · recycled · rehashed
preconceived, preconceive, reconceive, preconceiving, reconceiving