Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

deracinate

/dɪˈɹæsɪneɪt/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: de-ra-ci-nate
IPA: /dɪˈɹæsɪneɪt/

13

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

4

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To pull up by the roots; to uproot; to extirpate.

verb

To force (people) from their homeland to a new or foreign location.

verb

To liberate or be liberated from a culture or its norms.

Intransitive verb; Transitive verb

Example Sentences

"Divert and crack, rend and deracinate, The unity and married calm of states Quite from their fixture!"
"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."
"Observing the highest echelons of Indian society, she notes the way in which some Indians become completely — almost absurdly — anglicized or deracinated."

Etymology

PIE word *wréh₂ds First attested in 1609; calque of French déraciner on the basis of -ate (verb-forming suffix), from racine (“root”), from Latin rādīx, rādīcis (“a root”).

Origin

Source language: Latin
First known use: First attested in 1609

Word Breakdown

Root: rādīx

Usage

Inflected Forms

deracinates (present, singular) deracinating (participle, present) deracinated (participle, past) deracinated (past)

Frequently Paired Words

eradicate radical radish radix root wort

Synonyms

uproot extirpate root out

Questions

How do you pronounce deracinate?: The recorded pronunciation is /dɪˈɹæsɪneɪt/.
What does deracinate mean?: To pull up by the roots; to uproot; to extirpate.
Where does deracinate come from?: It is traced to Latin. First known use: First attested in 1609.

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