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Variant of defamiliarize

defamiliarize Definition

de·fa·mil·iar·ize (dē fə mil′yər īz′, -mil′ē ər-)

transitive verb defamiliarized -·ized′, defamiliarizing -·iz′·ing

to make (something well-known or well-established) seem unfamiliar, strange, disconcerting, etc., as in order to reinterpret or subvert it to defamiliarize accepted truths

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  1. ‹ defamiliarized
  2. ‹ defamiliarize
  3. ‹ defamer
  4. ‹ defamed
  5. ‹ defame
  6. ‹ defamatory
  7. ‹ defamation
  8. ‹ defalcator
  9. ‹ defalcation
  10. ‹ defalcating
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