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defamilialize

defamilialize verb: to remove familial character from.

Verb

defamilialize (third-person singular simple present defamilializes, present participle defamilializing, simple past and past participle defamilialized)

  1. (British, English, Oxford, US) To remove familial character from
    • The Scandinavian countries are often assumed to constitute a coherent and unique social service model characterized by a comparatively high level of universalism and a strong capacity to defamilialize care responsibilities.2007, Dietmar Rauch, “Is There Really a Scandinavian Social Service Model?: A Comparison of Childcare and Elderlycare in Six European Countries”, in Acta Sociologica, volume 50, number 3, →DOI, page...

Antonyms of defamilialize

Forms of defamilialize

third-person singular presentdefamilializes
present participledefamilializing
past participledefamilialized
pastdefamilialized
alternative formdefamilialise
alternative formde-familialize

Origin of defamilialize

From de- + familial + -ize.

Questions about defamilialize

What does defamilialize mean?
Defamilialize means to remove familial character from.
What part of speech is defamilialize?
Defamilialize is a verb.
What is the past tense of defamilialize?
The past tense of defamilialize is defamilialized.

Words near defamilialize in the dictionary

  1. defamer
  2. defamers
  3. defames
  4. defamest
  5. defameth
  6. defamilialize
  7. defamilialized
  8. defamilializes
  9. defamilializing
  10. defamiliarisation
  11. defamiliarisations

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