deracinate

English

Etymology

French déraciner, from racine (“root”), from Latin radix, radicis (“root”).

Pronunciation

• IPA: /dɪˈɹæsɪnaɪt/

Verb

deracinate (third-person singular simple present deracinates, present participle deracinating, simple past and past participle deracinated)

1. To pull up by the roots; to uproot; to extirpate.
2. To force people from their homeland to a new or foreign location.
3. To liberate or be liberated from a culture or its norms.

   1986 Robert McCrum, William Cran, & Robert MacNeil, The Story of English, Viking Penguin Inc., p328:

   Observing the highest echelons of Indian society, she notes the way in which some Indians become completely -- almost absurdly -- anglicized or deracinated.

Translations

• French: déraciner (1, 2)
• German: entwurzeln (1, 2)
• Panjabi: ਜੜੋਂ ਪੁੱਟਣਾ