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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

foreignize en · VERB

Etymology

From foreign + -ize.

Meanings

  1. (transitive) To make foreign.
    • Politicians warned that unrestricted immigration would foreignize the country.
  2. (transitive) To retain foreign elements in a story that might be unfamiliar to readers of the translated text.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
foreignise alternative lexicographic
foreignized Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
foreignized Tense=Past lexicographic
foreignizes Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
foreignizing Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic

Antonyms

domesticate

Deriveds

foreignizer

Relateds

foreignization · foreignist

Translations (1)

cmn 異化 /异化 (translation studies)