deculturalize

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verb

To divest of a culture; to remove cultural elements from.

OriginEnglish culturalize ← Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? ← Middle French culture →
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Meanings

verbdeculturalize (third-person singular simple present deculturalizes, present participle deculturalizing, simple past and past participle deculturalized)

present singular third person deculturalizes · participle present deculturalizing · participle past deculturalized · past deculturalized

  1. transitiveTo divest of a culture; to remove cultural elements from.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*de
  2. Proto-Indo-European*déh₁
  3. Proto-Italic*dē
  4. Latindē
  5. Latindē-
  6. Englishde-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*kʷelh₁-
  8. Proto-Indo-European*kʷélh₁eti
  9. Proto-Italic*kʷelō
  10. Latincolō
  11. Latincultūra
  12. Middle Frenchculture
  13. Englishculture
  14. Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
  15. Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
  16. Englishcultural
  17. Englishculturalize
  18. Englishdeculturalize

From de- + culturalize.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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