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deregionalized

deregionalized is the simple past and past participle of deregionalize.

Meaning of deregionalize

Verb

deregionalize (third-person singular simple present deregionalizes, present participle deregionalizing, simple past and past participle deregionalized)

  1. (transitive) To change something so that it is no longer regionally divided.
  2. (transitive) 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

Questions about deregionalized

What is deregionalized the simple past and past participle of?
Deregionalized is the simple past and past participle of deregionalize.

Words near deregionalized in the dictionary

  1. dereferencings
  2. dereferer
  3. dereferers
  4. dereg
  5. deregionalize
  6. deregionalized
  7. deregionalizes
  8. deregionalizing
  9. deregister
  10. deregistered
  11. deregistering

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