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- Dictionaryderacinate/dɪˈrasɪneɪt/
verb
- 1. uproot (someone) from their natural geographical, social, or cultural environment: "a predatory mining company that threatens to devour the land and deracinate the locals"
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Deracinate means to make someone or something lose their connection to any particular place, background, way of life, etc. See how to use this formal verb in sentences and find related words and phrases.
Deracinate means to pull up by the roots, uproot, extirpate or eradicate something or someone. It comes from French déraciner, from Latin rādīcīna, a little root. See how to use it in sentences and its word history.
Deracinate means to uproot or remove from a native environment or culture, especially racially or ethnically. Learn the origin, usage, and examples of this verb and its related words.
Deracinate means to pull up by or as if by the roots, or to remove from a natural environment. It can also mean to separate from one's roots or ties, especially ethnic or national ones.
Definition of deracinate verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
To deracinate someone is to force them to move away from their native home to a new, unfamiliar place. Civil wars often deracinate large segments of a country's population. Deracinate comes from the Old French desraciner, "pull up by the roots."
Deracinate means to pull out by the roots or to displace from one's native or accustomed environment. See the origin, synonyms, and usage of this word in different contexts and dictionaries.
