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deterritorialize

deterritorialize verb: to subject to deterritorialization.

Verb

deterritorialize (third-person singular simple present deterritorializes, present participle deterritorializing, simple past and past participle deterritorialized)

  1. (transitive) To subject to deterritorialization.

Forms of deterritorialize

third-person singular presentdeterritorializes
present participledeterritorializing
past participledeterritorialized
pastdeterritorialized

Origin of deterritorialize

From de- + territorialize.

Questions about deterritorialize

What does deterritorialize mean?
Deterritorialize means to subject to deterritorialization.
What part of speech is deterritorialize?
Deterritorialize is a verb.
What is the past tense of deterritorialize?
The past tense of deterritorialize is deterritorialized.

Words near deterritorialize in the dictionary

  1. deterritorial
  2. deterritorialisation
  3. deterritorialise
  4. deterritorialization
  5. deterritorializations
  6. deterritorialize
  7. deterritorialized
  8. deterritorializes
  9. deterritorializing
  10. deters
  11. Deterses

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