Deracinate

/dɪˈɹæsɪneɪt/

Synonyms for "deracinate" (51 found)

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Verb(2 words)
removeroot out

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cultural erasureextirpationuprooting

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cultural uprootingextirpationlinguistic deracinationroot removalsocial displacementuproot

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Divert and crack, rend and deracinate, The unity and married calm of states Quite from their fixture!

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The State has no tool delicate enough to deracinate the rooted habits and tangled affections of the family; the two sexes, whether happy or unhappy, are glued together too tightly for us to get the blade of a legal penknife in between them.

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Observing the highest echelons of Indian society, she notes the way in which some Indians become completely — almost absurdly — anglicized or deracinated.

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