deracination

noun

deracination

noun

1

The act of deracinating; uprooting.

"Has it been worth it?" "Has what been worth it?" "Your marrying a Malay widow, your giving up the European way of life, your complete deracination."1958, Anthony Burgess, The Enemy in the Blanket (The Malayan Trilogy), published 1972, page 312:

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