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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 environment
2. the act of pulling up or out; uprooting; cutting off from existence
Familiarity information: DERACINATION used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
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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