Word of the Day: Deracinate
Wednesday, October 11, 2023
Can you pronounce deracinate?  | | Wednesday, October 11, 2023 |
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| Deracinate |  |
| verb | 1. Uproot (someone) from their natural geographical, social, or cultural environment. |
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 | | "My great-great-grandparents deracinated the family from their home country to search for a better life elsewhere." | | "I want to move over the summer so we don't have to deracinate the kids from school too much." | | "The new development has been paused because the construction would deracinate a protected species of birds." |
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 | | French, late 16th century |
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 | | "Deracinate" has roots (pun intended) in French — it comes from "dé-" (expressing removal) and "racine" (meaning "root"). It translates literally to "removing roots." In metaphorical usage, "deracinate" (a verb used with an object) means "to uproot someone or something from their cultural, social, or geographical environment." ... |  |
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