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un-americanize

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.68 in modern English

Syllables
un-amer-i-can-ize
IPA
26
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
5
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To make not American; to remove from American norms or culture.

Transitive verb

Etymology

From un- + Americanize.

Usage

Inflected Forms

un-Americanizes (present, singular) un-Americanizing (participle, present) un-Americanized (participle, past) un-Americanized (past)

Questions

What does un-americanize mean?
To make not American; to remove from American norms or culture.
Where does un-americanize come from?
From un- + Americanize.

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