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desemanticized

desemanticized is the simple past and past participle of desemanticize.

Meaning of desemanticize

Verb

desemanticize (third-person singular simple present desemanticizes, present participle desemanticizing, simple past and past participle desemanticized)

  1. To remove semantic content from; (especially) to cause to undergo desemanticization.
  2. (rare) To lose semantic content; to undergo desemanticization.
    • The purposive meaning desemanticizes and a new marker is drafted in to reinforce the purposive meaning.2011, Michael T. Putnam, Studies on German-Language Islands, John Benjamins Publishing, →ISBN, page 406

Questions about desemanticized

What is desemanticized the simple past and past participle of?
Desemanticized is the simple past and past participle of desemanticize.

Words near desemanticized in the dictionary

  1. desemanticised
  2. desemanticises
  3. desemanticising
  4. desemanticization
  5. desemanticize
  6. desemanticized
  7. desemanticizes
  8. desemanticizing
  9. desemantisation
  10. desemantise
  11. desemantised

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