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de-Sunnifying

de-Sunnifying is the present participle and gerund of de-Sunnify.

Meaning of de-Sunnify

Verb

de-Sunnify (third-person singular simple present de-Sunnifies, present participle de-Sunnifying, simple past and past participle de-Sunnified)

  1. (transitive) To deprive of Sunniness; to decrease the Sunni character of.
    • In effect, the state was de-Sunnified. The American- selected Iraqi Governing Council (IGC) was dominated by sectarian and ethnic exile parties that had little support within Iraq, and its Sunni members were especially weak.2010, Nir Rosen, Aftermath: Following the Bloodshed of America's Wars in the Muslim World, page 31

Questions about de-Sunnifying

What is de-Sunnifying the present participle and gerund of?
De-Sunnifying is the present participle and gerund of de-Sunnify.

Words near de-Sunnifying in the dictionary

  1. de-Sukarnoization
  2. de-Sunnification
  3. de-Sunnified
  4. de-Sunnifies
  5. de-Sunnify
  6. de-Sunnifying
  7. de-tail
  8. de-tailed
  9. de-tailing
  10. de-tails
  11. de-thatcher

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