verb
deracinate
Deracinate (verb) means to pull a plant out of the ground by its roots, or remove something completely.
verb
1
To pull a plant out of the ground by its roots, or remove something completely.
"The State has no tool delicate enough to deracinate the rooted habits and tangled affections of the family; the two sexes, whether happy or unhappy, are glued together too tightly for us to get the blade of a legal penknife in between them."
— Gilbert Keith Chesterton, chapter 1.7 (1910)
2
To force people to leave their home country and settle somewhere foreign.
3
To free someone, or become free, from the customs of one's own culture.
"Observing the highest echelons of Indian society, she notes the way in which some Indians become completely — almost absurdly — anglicized or deracinated."
— Robert McCrum, William Cran (1986)
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Etymology
PIE word *wréh₂ds. First recorded in 1609, a calque of French déraciner on the basis of -ate (verb-forming suffix), from racine ("root"), from Latin rādīx, rādīcis ("a root").
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What is the meaning of deracinate?
"deracinate" (verb) means to pull a plant out of the ground by its roots, or remove something completely.
What is another word for deracinate?
Other words for "deracinate" include uproot, extirpate.
What are the different meanings of deracinate?
"deracinate" has 3 main meanings: 1. To pull a plant out of the ground by its roots, or remove something completely; 2. To force people to leave their home country and settle somewhere foreign; 3. To free someone, or become free, from the customs of one's own culture.
