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detouristifies

detouristifies is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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 detouristifies

What is detouristifies the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Detouristifies is the third-person singular simple present indicative of detouristify.

Words near detouristifies in the dictionary

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

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