deregionalize
deregionalize verb: to change something so that it is no longer regionally divided.
Verb
deregionalize (third-person singular simple present deregionalizes, present participle deregionalizing, simple past and past participle deregionalized)
- To change something so that it is no longer regionally divided.
- To remove the regional (local) characteristics of something.
- Eugenics was the crucial vehicle for nationalizing and deregionalizing the stigmatypes of southern poor white trash. Previous chapters in this book aimed to track how particular words and phrases […] described, portrayed, and ultimately constructed poor white trash as a stigmatized and despised...2006, Matt Wray, Not Quite White, page 95
Forms of deregionalize
| third-person singular present | deregionalizes |
|---|---|
| present participle | deregionalizing |
| past participle | deregionalized |
| past | deregionalized |
Origin of deregionalize
From de- + regionalize.
Questions about deregionalize
- What does deregionalize mean?
- Deregionalize means to change something so that it is no longer regionally divided.
- What part of speech is deregionalize?
- Deregionalize is a verb.
- What is the past tense of deregionalize?
- The past tense of deregionalize is deregionalized.
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