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deculturalize

deculturalize verb: to divest of a culture; to remove cultural elements from.

Verb

deculturalize (third-person singular simple present deculturalizes, present participle deculturalizing, simple past and past participle deculturalized)

  1. (transitive) To divest of a culture; to remove cultural elements from.

Forms of deculturalize

third-person singular presentdeculturalizes
present participledeculturalizing
past participledeculturalized
pastdeculturalized

Origin of deculturalize

From de- + culturalize.

Questions about deculturalize

What does deculturalize mean?
Deculturalize means to divest of a culture; to remove cultural elements from.
What part of speech is deculturalize?
Deculturalize is a verb.
What is the past tense of deculturalize?
The past tense of deculturalize is deculturalized.

Words near deculturalize in the dictionary

  1. decult
  2. deculted
  3. deculting
  4. decults
  5. deculturalization
  6. deculturalize
  7. deculturalized
  8. deculturalizes
  9. deculturalizing
  10. deculturate
  11. deculturated

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