Deracinate
verb
To remove or separate from a native environment or culture.
The program is designed to deracinate these students from their home environment and provide them with a new culture.
Often appears as...
- deracinate from environment
- deracinate from culture
Usage tips
Formal, Neutral
verb
To pull up by the roots.
We have to deracinate weeds from our garden so they don't grow back next year.
Often appears as...
- deracinate plant
- deracinate weeds
Usage tips
Neutral
verb
To remove or separate from a native environment or culture.
The program is designed to deracinate these students from their home environment and provide them with a new culture.
Often appears as...
- deracinate from environment
- deracinate from culture
Usage tips
Formal, Neutral
verb
To pull up by the roots.
We have to deracinate weeds from our garden so they don't grow back next year.
Often appears as...
- deracinate plant
- deracinate weeds
Usage tips
Neutral
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Negative Connotation
Often implies harm or loss when removing from one's culture.
The immigrants felt deracinated after being forced to abandon their traditions.
Pro Tip 2/3Strong Emotion
Can evoke feelings of sadness and disconnection.
Being deracinated from his homeland left him feeling isolated.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Literal
Used metaphorically, not usually about physical movement.
The policy aimed to deracinate traditional practices.
Pro Tip 1/3Negative Connotation
Often implies harm or loss when removing from one's culture.
The immigrants felt deracinated after being forced to abandon their traditions.
Pro Tip 2/3Strong Emotion
Can evoke feelings of sadness and disconnection.
Being deracinated from his homeland left him feeling isolated.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Literal
Used metaphorically, not usually about physical movement.
The policy aimed to deracinate traditional practices.
Pro Tip 1/3Negative Connotation
Often implies harm or loss when removing from one's culture.
The immigrants felt deracinated after being forced to abandon their traditions.
Pro Tip 2/3Strong Emotion
Can evoke feelings of sadness and disconnection.
Being deracinated from his homeland left him feeling isolated.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Literal
Used metaphorically, not usually about physical movement.
The policy aimed to deracinate traditional practices.
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Quote examples
Amanda Foreman
British Historian
American histories were the same; they had these mad ideas about how Parliament worked, or what people really meant when they said A, B, or C. All my life, I felt simultaneously deracinated and rooted in both places, and now it's my greatest strength: I'm culturally bilingual.
Quote examples
Vikram Seth
Indian Novelist
I think it's possible to be multi-rooted, rather like a banyan tree, without being deracinated.
Quote examples
Amanda Foreman
British Historian
American histories were the same; they had these mad ideas about how Parliament worked, or what people really meant when they said A, B, or C. All my life, I felt simultaneously deracinated and rooted in both places, and now it's my greatest strength: I'm culturally bilingual.
Quote examples
Vikram Seth
Indian Novelist
I think it's possible to be multi-rooted, rather like a banyan tree, without being deracinated.
Example 1 of 2
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