foreignize

verb — 2 senses

foreignize

verb

Etymology From foreign + -ize.

1

To make foreign.

  • Politicians warned that unrestricted immigration would foreignize the country.
2

Human sciences, Linguistics, Sciences, Translation studies To retain foreign elements in a story that might be unfamiliar to readers of the translated text.

Related terms
foreignist, foreignization

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