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foreignize

foreignize verb: to make foreign.

Verb

foreignize (third-person singular simple present foreignizes, present participle foreignizing, simple past and past participle foreignized)

  1. (transitive) To make foreign.
    • Politicians warned that unrestricted immigration would foreignize the country.
  2. (transitive) To retain foreign elements in a story that might be unfamiliar to readers of the translated text.
    Antonyms:
    domesticate

Antonyms of foreignize

Forms of foreignize

third-person singular presentforeignizes
present participleforeignizing
past participleforeignized
pastforeignized
alternative formforeignise

Origin of foreignize

From foreign + -ize.

Words formed from foreignize

Questions about foreignize

What does foreignize mean?
Foreignize means to make foreign.
What part of speech is foreignize?
Foreignize is a verb.
What is the past tense of foreignize?
The past tense of foreignize is foreignized.

Words near foreignize in the dictionary

  1. foreignism
  2. foreignisms
  3. foreignist
  4. foreignists
  5. foreignization
  6. foreignize
  7. foreignized
  8. foreignizer
  9. foreignizers
  10. foreignizes
  11. foreignizing

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