Re-presentation or representation?
re-presentation is a noun meaning “Presentation again or anew”; representation is a noun meaning “That which represents something else”. re-presentation is written with a hyphen and representation as one word; they are used differently.
What is the difference between re-presentation and representation?
| re-presentation | representation | |
|---|---|---|
| Part of speech | noun | noun |
| Meaning | Presentation again or anew Presentation anew of the sacrifice of Jesus Christ through the Eucharist | That which represents something else The act of representing An act of representing, i.e. presenting again |
| Example | none recorded | The Venus of Willendorf was an early representation of the female body |
| Forms | re-presentations | representations |
| Pronunciation | not recorded | /ˌɹɛp.ɹə.zɛnˈteɪ.ʃən/ /ˌɹiː.pɹə.zɛnˈteɪ.ʃən/ |
| In writing | not counted (the list counts single words) | 22 times per million words |
Sources: re-presentation and representation in the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0); written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Every current meaning of re-presentation and representation
re-presentation
- 1
Presentation again or anew
- 2
Presentation anew of the sacrifice of Jesus Christ through the Eucharist
representation
- 1
That which represents something else
The Venus of Willendorf was an early representation of the female body
- 2
An act of representing, i.e. presenting again
rates of representation to the emergency department
- 3
The act of representing
We are no longer happy with your representation of our company at trade events
- 4
The appearance(s) of a particular demographic group in a piece of media, particularly in regards to how such appearances are treated
- 5
The lawyers and staff who argue on behalf of another in court
People who cannot afford representation are eligible for government assistance
- 6
The ability to elect a representative to speak on one's behalf in government; the role of this representative in government
The lack of representation in the British parliament was one of the main factors behind the American Revolution
- 7
An action of some algebraic structure (typically a group or algebra, particularly a Lie algebra) on a vector space, such that each element acts by a linear endomorphism
- 8
A figure, image or idea that substitutes reality
Source: the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0); obsolete, archaic, dialect and rare senses left out.
Which is more common, re-presentation or representation?
re-presentation is a phrase, which the list of single words does not count; representation 22 times per million words.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).