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n. - The act of pulling up or out; To move something from its natural environment.

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  • What you call deracination among the Hebrews, Eric Voegelin calls the "leap of being" from a cosmological civilization, in which deities are embroiled in the physical...
  • At least, Brown will put the deracination which is bothering you in a little better context than you seem to present it.
  • The anomie, deracination, and alienation they will have to endure is sad.
  • This approach would not contribute to the deracination of the political debate in South Africa, the NNP said.
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