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decanonizing

decanonizing is the present participle and gerund of decanonize.

Meaning of decanonize

Verb

decanonize (third-person singular simple present decanonizes, present participle decanonizing, simple past and past participle decanonized)

  1. (transitive) To remove from the literary canon.
    • to decanonize a writer

Questions about decanonizing

What is decanonizing the present participle and gerund of?
Decanonizing is the present participle and gerund of decanonize.

Words near decanonizing in the dictionary

  1. decanonization
  2. decanonizations
  3. decanonize
  4. decanonized
  5. decanonizes
  6. decanonizing
  7. decanormal
  8. decanoyl
  9. decanoyls
  10. decans
  11. decant

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Adapted from Wiktionary: decanonizing (page history and authors); decanonize (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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