deracinate

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To pull up by the roots; to uproot; to extirpate
To force people from their homeland to a new or foreign location
To liberate or be liberated from a culture or its norms

Observing the highest echelons of Indian society, she notes the way in which some Indians become completely -- almost absurdly -- anglicized or deracinated.

{v} to root or tear up, to root out
To remove someone or something from their natural or usual environment
To pull out by the roots
To pluck up by the roots; to extirpate
pull up by or as if by the roots; "uproot the vine that has spread all over the garden"
{f} pull out by the roots; remove something from its native environment
move (people) forcibly from their homeland into a new and foreign environment; "The war uprooted many people"
To liberate from a culture or its norms
deracination
The act of deracinating; uprooting
deracination
The act of pulling up by the roots; eradication
deracination
{i} uprooting, exiling a person from his culture and natural environment, extermination
deracinate

    Hyphenation

    de·rac·in·ate

    Pronunciation

    Etymology

    () French déraciner;de- + racine (“root”) Latin radix, radicis (“root”).
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