de-Sunnify

verb

To deprive of Sunniness; to decrease the Sunni character of.

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Meanings

verbde-Sunnify (third-person singular simple present de-Sunnifies, present participle de-Sunnifying, simple past and past participle de-Sunnified)

present singular third person de-Sunnifies · participle present de-Sunnifying · participle past de-Sunnified · past de-Sunnified

  1. transitiveTo deprive of Sunniness; to decrease the Sunni character of.

    2011, Randy Borum, Journal of conflict transformation and security, PDF Whether the United States intended to deSunnify Iraq and change the regional balance of power from Sunni to Shia leadership did not matter at this point. Sunnis were now convinced this was the case.

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    In effect, the state was de-Sunnified. The American- selected Iraqi Governing Council (IGC) was dominated by sectarian and ethnic exile parties that had little support within Iraq, and its Sunni members were especially weak.

    2010, Nir Rosen, Aftermath: Following the Bloodshed of America's Wars in the Muslim World, page 31

Origin

From de- + Sunnify.

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APA

de-Sunnify. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/de-Sunnify

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“de-Sunnify.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/de-Sunnify. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “de-Sunnify,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/de-Sunnify.

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