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depatterning

depatterning is the present participle and gerund of depattern.

Meaning of depattern

Verb

depattern (third-person singular simple present depatterns, present participle depatterning, simple past and past participle depatterned)

  1. (transitive) To brainwash so as to remove normal patterns of thinking and behaviour.

Questions about depatterning

What is depatterning the present participle and gerund of?
Depatterning is the present participle and gerund of depattern.

Words near depatterning in the dictionary

  1. depatriated
  2. depatriates
  3. depatriating
  4. depattern
  5. depatterned
  6. depatterning
  7. depatterns
  8. DePaul
  9. DePaulo
  10. depauperate
  11. depauperated

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Adapted from Wiktionary: depatterning (page history and authors); depattern (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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