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foreignizing

UK/ˈfɒɹənʌɪzɪŋ/

foreignizing is the present participle and gerund of foreignize.

Meaning of foreignize

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

Adjective

foreignizing (comparative more foreignizing, superlative most foreignizing)

  1. That makes foreign.
    • Foreignizing translation styles bend English into shapes that mirror some limited aspect of the source language, such as word order or sentence structure.2011, David Bellos, Is That a Fish in Your Ear?, Penguin, published 2012, page 52

Forms of foreignizing

comparativemore foreignizing
superlativemost foreignizing

Questions about foreignizing

What does foreignizing mean?
Foreignizing means that makes foreign.
What is foreignizing the present participle and gerund of?
Foreignizing is the present participle and gerund of foreignize.
What part of speech is foreignizing?
Foreignizing is an adjective.
How do you pronounce foreignizing?
Foreignizing is pronounced /ˈfɒɹənʌɪzɪŋ/ (UK).

Words near foreignizing in the dictionary

  1. foreignize
  2. foreignized
  3. foreignizer
  4. foreignizers
  5. foreignizes
  6. foreignizing
  7. foreignly
  8. foreignness
  9. foreignnesses
  10. foreigns
  11. forein

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