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detouristified

detouristified is the simple past and past participle of detouristify.

Meaning of detouristify

Verb

detouristify (third-person singular simple present detouristifies, present participle detouristifying, simple past and past participle detouristified)

  1. (rare) To stop conforming to the expectations or patterns of tourists.
    • If the spectacle of the junior Edimburgeoisie going native in Spain was intended to detouristify Carmen, it hardly succeeded.1991, Owen Dudley Edwards, City of a Thousand Worlds: Edinburgh in Festival, page 53
    Antonyms:
    touristify

Questions about detouristified

What is detouristified the simple past and past participle of?
Detouristified is the simple past and past participle of detouristify.

Words near detouristified in the dictionary

  1. detotalizing
  2. detour
  3. detoured
  4. detouring
  5. detourings
  6. detouristified
  7. detouristifies
  8. detouristify
  9. detouristifying
  10. detourn
  11. detourned

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