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deregionalizing

deregionalizing is the present participle and gerund 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 deregionalizing

What is deregionalizing the present participle and gerund of?
Deregionalizing is the present participle and gerund of deregionalize.

Words near deregionalizing in the dictionary

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

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