foreignize
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foreignize (third-person singular simple present foreignizes, present participle foreignizing, simple past and past participle foreignized)
- (transitive) To make foreign.
- Politicians warned that unrestricted immigration would foreignize the country.
- (transitive, translation studies) To keep foreign elements in a story that might be unfamiliar to readers of the translated text.
- Antonym: domesticate