Definitions
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb Present participle of
deracinate . Pulling up by the roots.
Etymologies
Sorry, no etymologies found.
Support
Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word deracinating.
Examples
-
This obsession with List-O-Chronic shows providing a top 100 of this and that is deracinating our culture, dammit!
-
Ataturk's name is invoked during prayers as the saviour of Sufism from the deracinating effect of politics.
Archive 2008-01-01 Jan 2008
-
The services were “accessible” but sterile and deracinating, and now Hebrew is back in the Reform liturgy.
Latin’s second coming Argent 2006
-
Had this indeed been water (as it seemed so, to the eye), with what a plunge of reverberating thunder would it have rolled upon its course, disembowelling mountains and deracinating pines!
-
Had this indeed been water (as it seemed so, to the eye), with what a plunge of reverberating thunder would it have rolled upon its course, disembowelling mountains and deracinating pines!
The Silverado Squatters Robert Louis Stevenson 1872
-
Had this indeed been water (as it seemed so, to the eye), with what a plunge of reverberating thunder would it have rolled upon its course, disembowelling mountains and deracinating pines And yet water it was and sea-water at that - true Pacific billows, only somewhat rarefied, rolling in mid-air among the hilltops.
The Sea Fogs Robert Louis Stevenson 1872
-
On the surface, the setup seems the predictable folderol of a comedy of manners; by degrees, however, the characterizations become an extraordinary metaphor that resonates with our own noisy, deracinating moment.
The New Yorker John Lahr 2010
-
On the surface, the setup seems the predictable folderol of a comedy of manners; by degrees, however, the characterizations become an extraordinary metaphor that resonates with our own noisy, deracinating moment.
The New Yorker John Lahr 2010
-
It might be exasperating and deracinating, but it's also true.
Culture | guardian.co.uk John Harris 2010
-
Updike's descriptions of sex do fail, from time to time; which is to say, they sometimes become weirdly florid, specific in a deracinating, alienating, even disgusting manner.
The Valve 2009
Comments
Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.