Definition

1. Noun:
   • The act of pulling up or out; uprooting: The physical removal of something, especially a plant, by pulling it out from the roots.
   • Cutting off from existence; eradication: The act of completely removing or destroying something so that it no longer exists.
   • The act of moving something from its natural environment: Forcing someone or something to leave its native or accustomed place, resulting in displacement.

Examples of Usage

• Noun:
  • The deracination of the ancient forest was a tragic loss for biodiversity. (The uprooting of the ancient forest was a tragic loss for biodiversity.)
  • The policy led to the cultural deracination of the indigenous population. (The policy led to the cultural eradication of the indigenous population.)
  • His deracination from the rural community to the large city was a difficult transition. (His displacement from the rural community to the large city was a difficult transition.)

Advanced Usage

• "to suffer deracination": to experience the state of being uprooted or displaced.

  • Refugees often suffer a profound sense of deracination. (Refugees often suffer a profound sense of being uprooted.)

• "a process of deracination": a series of actions leading to removal or displacement.

  • Urbanization can be a slow process of deracination for traditional ways of life. (Urbanization can be a slow process of displacement for traditional ways of life.)

Variants and Related Words

• Deracinate (verb): To pull up by the roots; to displace from one's native or accustomed environment.

  • The storm threatened to deracinate the young trees. (The storm threatened to uproot the young trees.)

• Uprooting (noun): The act of pulling a plant, idea, or person from its settled place. (A close synonym for the first sense of "deracination").

• Displacement (noun): The action of moving something from its usual place. (A close synonym for the third sense of "deracination").

Synonyms

• Eradication: The complete destruction of something.
• Extirpation: The act of destroying something completely, especially a group or condition.
• Excision: The act of removing something by cutting it out.

Related Phrases

• To be torn from one's roots: To be forcibly removed from one's place of origin or belonging. (An idiomatic expression related to the concept of deracination).
  • The immigrants felt they had been torn from their roots. (The immigrants felt they had been forcibly removed from their place of origin.)

Noun

1. the act of pulling up or out; uprooting; cutting off from existence
2. to move something from its natural environment