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

Antonyms

All antonyms

domesticate

Example

More examples

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

Etymology

From foreign + -ize.

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