deracinate

/dəɹˈasɪnˌeɪt/

/dəɹˈæsᵻnˌeɪt/

[verb]

to deracinate

[VERB]

MAIN VERB

pull up by or as if by the roots

synonyms : extirpate

root out

uproot

move (people) forcibly from their homeland into a new and foreign environment

synonyms : uproot

Examples

1. The words idiosyncratic, and all the other words that have the same root, meant someone who is alienated and deracinated, or disconnected, from the greater good and from the public polity, and that they didn't have the wherewithal or knowledge to be a good citizen.

2. and it's in the white house for the first time in history viewed out of historical context American politics risks being decontextualised and deracinated to the point of incomprehension, restoring history and cultural context won't explain everything but it can situate our thinking provide frames of reference for events that can seem otherwise inexplicable.

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