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defamiliarizes

defamiliarizes is the third-person singular simple present indicative of defamiliarize.

Meaning of defamiliarize

Verb

defamiliarize (third-person singular simple present defamiliarizes, present participle defamiliarizing, simple past and past participle defamiliarized)

  1. (transitive) To make unfamiliar; to divest of familiarity.
    • From its speculated future position, the film [Carnage] thus defamiliarizes and invites us to recognize the absurdities of meat and dairy consumption.2018, Nicole Seymour, Bad Environmentalism, page 227

Questions about defamiliarizes

What is defamiliarizes the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Defamiliarizes is the third-person singular simple present indicative of defamiliarize.

Words near defamiliarizes in the dictionary

  1. defamiliarizations
  2. defamiliarize
  3. defamiliarized
  4. defamiliarizer
  5. defamiliarizers
  6. defamiliarizes
  7. defamiliarizing
  8. defaming
  9. defamingly
  10. defamings
  11. defamous

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