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unimprinting

unimprinting is the present participle and gerund of unimprint.

Meaning of unimprint

Verb

unimprint (third-person singular simple present unimprints, present participle unimprinting, simple past and past participle unimprinted)

  1. (transitive) To undo, in (a person or animal), the psychological process of imprinting.
    • Even more importantly: the psychoanalytic method of showing him the origins of his “imprinting” would hardly help unimprint him; […]1979, George D. Goldman, Donald S. Milman, Modern Man, page 99

Questions about unimprinting

What is unimprinting the present participle and gerund of?
Unimprinting is the present participle and gerund of unimprint.

Words near unimprinting in the dictionary

  1. unimpressively
  2. unimpressiveness
  3. unimprest
  4. unimprint
  5. unimprinted
  6. unimprinting
  7. unimprints
  8. unimprison
  9. unimprisonable
  10. unimprisoned
  11. unimprisoning

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