Foreignize

verb

verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To make foreign. transitive

    "Politicians warned that unrestricted immigration would foreignize the country."

  2. 2
    To retain foreign elements in a story that might be unfamiliar to readers of the translated text. transitive

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"Politicians warned that unrestricted immigration would foreignize the country."

Etymology

From foreign + -ize.

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