English Explanatory Dictionary

foreignize

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To make foreign.
  2. To retain foreign elements in a story that might be unfamiliar to readers of the translated text.

Word forms

foreignize foreignizes foreignizing foreignized foreignise

Etymology

From foreign + -ize.

Antonyms

domesticate

Related words

foreignist foreignization
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