deracinate

verb /dɪˈɹæsɪneɪt/

1. To pull up by the roots; to uproot; to extirpate.

   The unity and married calm of states Quite from their fixture!

   Divert and crack, rend and deracinate,

2. To force (people) from their homeland to a new or foreign location.

3. To liberate or be liberated from a culture or its norms.

   intransitive, transitive

   Observing the highest echelons of Indian society, she notes the way in which some Indians become completely — almost absurdly — anglicized or deracinated.

Where it comes from

First attested in 1609; calque of French déraciner on the basis of -ate (verb-forming suffix), from racine (“root”), from Latin rādīx, rādīcis (“a root”).

Adapted from the Wiktionary entry deracinate (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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