foreignize

English

Alternative forms

• foreignise

Etymology

foreign +‎ -ize

Verb

foreignize (third-person singular simple present foreignizes, present participle foreignizing, simple past and past participle foreignized)

1. (transitive) To make foreign.

   Politicians warned that unrestricted immigration would foreignize the country.

2. (transitive, translation studies) To keep foreign elements in a story that might be unfamiliar to readers of the translated text.

   Antonym: domesticate

Related terms

• foreignization

Translations

translation studies

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 異化／异化 (zh) (yìhuà)