foreignize

English

Alternative forms

• foreignise

Etymology

foreign +‎ -ize

Verb

1. (transitive) To make foreign.

   Politicians warned that unrestricted immigration would foreignize the country.

2. (transitive, translation studies) To keep foreign elements in a story that might be unfamiliar to readers of the translated text.

   Antonym: domesticate

Related terms

• foreignization

Translations

translation studies

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 異化／异化 (zh) (yìhuà), 异化 (zh) (yìhuà)

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