defamiliarize
verbUK /diːfəˈmɪljəɹaɪz/
Etymology From de- + familiarize.
1
To make unfamiliar; to divest of familiarity.
- From its speculated future position, the film [Carnage] thus defamiliarizes and invites us to recognize the absurdities of meat and dairy consumption.2018, Nicole Seymour, Bad Environmentalism, page 227:
- Derived terms
- defamiliarizer