deracinate

[ dih-ras-uh-neyt ]
/ dɪˈræs əˌneɪt /
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verb (used with object), de·rac·i·nat·ed, de·rac·i·nat·ing.

to pull up by the roots; uproot; extirpate; eradicate.
to isolate or alienate (a person) from a native or customary culture or environment.

Origin of deracinate

1590–1600; < French déracin(er) (equivalent to dé- dis-1 + -raciner, verbal derivative of racine root < Late Latin rādīcīna for Latin rādīc-, stem of rādīx) + -ate1

OTHER WORDS FROM deracinate

de·rac·i·na·tion, noun

Words nearby deracinate

deputize, deputy, deputy minister, deputy sheriff, der., deracinate, deradicalize, deraign, derail, derailleur, derailment

Words related to deracination

shift, move, rearrangement, movement

Example sentences from the Web for deracination

  • No child was ever made the subject of a more complete theory of deracination.

    The American Spirit in Literature, |Bliss Perry

  • His deracination begins with the education that sends him to Paris, there to lose his originality.

    Egoists |James Huneker

British Dictionary definitions for deracination

deracinate
/ (dɪˈræsɪˌneɪt) /

verb (tr)

to pull up by or as if by the roots; uproot; extirpate
to remove, as from a natural environment

Derived forms of deracinate

deracination, noun

Word Origin for deracinate

C16: from Old French desraciner, from des- dis- 1 + racine root, from Late Latin rādīcīna a little root, from Latin rādīx a root