foreignist

adj, noun — 2 senses

foreignist

adj

Etymology From foreign + -ist.

1

Favoring the foreign.

  • foreignist translation theory
  • 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:

foreignist

noun

Etymology From foreign + -ist.

1

One who favors what is foreign.

Related terms
foreignism, foreignize

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