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foreignist en · ADJ

Etymology

From foreign + -ist.

Meanings

  1. Favoring the foreign.
    • Identifying E4 as the ideal ‘foreignizing’ translation and E11 as the ideal ‘domesticating’ translation, for example, the foreignist theorist can then proceed to build an entire bivalent model for the limits of translation[…]. 2000, Peter France, The Oxford Guide to Literature in English Translation, OUP, →ISBN, page 20:
    • foreignist translation theory

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more foreignist Degree=Cmp lexicographic
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foreignist en · NOUN

Etymology

From foreign + -ist.

Meanings

  1. One who favors what is foreign.

Forms

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foreignists Number=Plur lexicographic

Relateds

foreignize · foreignism