foreignize en · VERB
Etymology
From foreign + -ize.
Meanings
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(transitive) To make foreign.
Politicians warned that unrestricted immigration would foreignize the country.
- (transitive) To retain foreign elements in a story that might be unfamiliar to readers of the translated text.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
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Translations (1)
cmn 異化 /异化 (translation studies)