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DERACINATION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does deracination mean? 

DERACINATION (noun)
  The noun DERACINATION has 2 senses:

1. to move something from its natural environmentplay

2. the act of pulling up or out; uprooting; cutting off from existenceplay

  Familiarity information: DERACINATION used as a noun is rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


DERACINATION (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

To move something from its natural environment

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

deracination; displacement

Hypernyms ("deracination" is a kind of...):

movement (the act of changing the location of something)

Derivation:

deracinate (pull up by or as if by the roots)

deracinate (move (people) forcibly from their homeland into a new and foreign environment)


Sense 2

Meaning:

The act of pulling up or out; uprooting; cutting off from existence

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

deracination; excision; extirpation

Hypernyms ("deracination" is a kind of...):

pull; pulling (the act of pulling; applying force to move something toward or with you)

Derivation:

deracinate (pull up by or as if by the roots)


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