foreignist

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adjective

Favoring the foreign.

“foreignist translation theory”

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Meanings

adjectiveforeignist (comparative more foreignist, superlative most foreignist)

comparative more foreignist · superlative most foreignist

  1. Favoring the foreign.

    foreignist translation theory

    1 more example

    Identifying E4 as the ideal ‘foreignizing’ translation and E11 as the ideal ‘domesticating’ translation, for example, the foreignist theorist can then proceed to build an entire bivalent model for the limits of translation[…].

    2000, Peter France, The Oxford Guide to Literature in English Translation, OUP, →ISBN, page 20
nounforeignist (plural foreignists)

plural foreignists

  1. One who favors what is foreign.

Origin

From foreign + -ist.

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APA

foreignist. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/foreignist

MLA

“foreignist.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/foreignist. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “foreignist,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/foreignist.

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