Entwurzelung

German

Etymology

entwurzeln +‎ -ung

Noun

Entwurzelung f (genitive Entwurzelung, plural Entwurzelungen)

  1. uprooting
  2. (figurative) uprooting, uprootedness, rootlessness, deracination, dislocation
    Gewalt, Armut, Hunger und Entwurzelung ― violence, poverty, hunger, and uprooting
    die Entwurzelung und Heimatlosigkeit des heutigen Menschen ― the uprootedness and homelessness of modern man
    der einzige Weg, um Entwurzelung und Ausgrenzung zu verhindern ― the only way to prevent rootlessness and marginalisation

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