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detouristifying

detouristifying is the present participle and gerund 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 detouristifying

What is detouristifying the present participle and gerund of?
Detouristifying is the present participle and gerund of detouristify.

Words near detouristifying in the dictionary

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

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