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defamilializing

defamilializing is the present participle of defamilialize.

Meaning of defamilialize

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 defamilializing

Questions about defamilializing

What is defamilializing the present participle of?
Defamilializing is the present participle of defamilialize.

Words near defamilializing in the dictionary

  1. defamest
  2. defameth
  3. defamilialize
  4. defamilialized
  5. defamilializes
  6. defamilializing
  7. defamiliarisation
  8. defamiliarisations
  9. defamiliarise
  10. defamiliarised
  11. defamiliarises

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