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deregionalizes

deregionalizes is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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 deregionalizes

What is deregionalizes the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Deregionalizes is the third-person singular simple present indicative of deregionalize.

Words near deregionalizes in the dictionary

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

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