defamiliarize
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
de- + familiarize
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
defamiliarize (third-person singular simple present defamiliarizes, present participle defamiliarizing, simple past and past participle defamiliarized)
- (transitive) To make unfamiliar; to divest of familiarity.
- 2018, Nicole Seymour, Bad Environmentalism, page 227:
- From its speculated future position, the film [Carnage] thus defamiliarizes and invites us to recognize the absurdities of meat and dairy consumption.