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un-Americanize

un-Americanize verb: to make not American; to remove from American norms or culture.

Verb

un-Americanize (third-person singular simple present un-Americanizes, present participle un-Americanizing, simple past and past participle un-Americanized)

  1. (transitive) To make not American; to remove from American norms or culture.

Forms of un-Americanize

third-person singular presentun-Americanizes
present participleun-Americanizing
past participleun-Americanized
pastun-Americanized

Origin of un-Americanize

From un- + Americanize.

Questions about un-Americanize

What does un-Americanize mean?
Un-Americanize means to make not American; to remove from American norms or culture.
What part of speech is un-Americanize?
Un-Americanize is a verb.
What is the past tense of un-Americanize?
The past tense of un-Americanize is un-Americanized.

Words near un-Americanize in the dictionary

  1. un-American
  2. un-Americanise
  3. un-Americanised
  4. un-Americanises
  5. un-Americanising
  6. un-Americanize
  7. un-Americanized
  8. un-Americanizes
  9. un-Americanizing
  10. un-Americanness
  11. un-Aryan

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