disenshittify

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verb

To reverse the enshittification of.

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Meanings

verbdisenshittify (third-person singular simple present disenshittifies, present participle disenshittifying, simple past and past participle disenshittified)

present singular third person disenshittifies · participle present disenshittifying · participle past disenshittified · past disenshittified

  1. neologismengineeringTo reverse the enshittification of.

    […] disenshittify the internet we're stuck with today, and to build a new, good internet that is both enshittification-resistant and accessible to the normies we love […]

    2024, Evan Prodromou, ActivityPub: Programming for the Social Web
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    Thanks to intellectual property laws that ban "circumvention," companies that embed undesirable anti-features in apps can use the law to destroy rivals that disenshittify their offerings.

    2025, Cory Doctorow, Enshittification

Origin

From dis- + enshittify.

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APA

disenshittify. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/disenshittify

MLA

“disenshittify.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/disenshittify. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “disenshittify,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/disenshittify.

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