Meanings
verbdedifferentiate (third-person singular simple present dedifferentiates, present participle dedifferentiating, simple past and past participle dedifferentiated)
present singular third person dedifferentiates · participle present dedifferentiating · participle past dedifferentiated · past dedifferentiated
- To lose or reverse differentiation
Synonyms & antonyms
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*de
- Proto-Indo-European*déh₁
- Proto-Italic*dē
- Latindē
- Latindē-
- Englishde-
- Proto-Indo-European*dwóh₁
- Proto-Indo-European*trísinflu.
- Proto-Indo-European*d(w)is-
- Proto-Italic*dis-
- Latindis-
- Proto-Indo-European*bʰer-
- Proto-Indo-European*bʰéreti
- Proto-Italic*ferō
- Latinferō
- Latindifferō
- Latindifferēns
- Latindifferentia
- New Latindifferentiō
- New Latindifferentiātus
- Englishdifferentiate
- Englishdedifferentiate
From de- + differentiate.
Full word history & related roots →Cite this entry
APA
dedifferentiate. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dedifferentiate
MLA
“dedifferentiate.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dedifferentiate. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “dedifferentiate,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dedifferentiate.
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