demodernize
demodernize · demodernizes · demodernized · demodernizing
To remove modern elements or amenities from, to cause to revert to a pre-modern stateTo remove modern elements or amenities from, to cause to revert to a pre-modern state.
Meaning
1 sensesTo remove modern elements or amenities from, to cause to revert to a pre-modern state.
Origin
From de- + modernize.From de- + modernize.
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Forms
demodernizes, demodernizing, demodernized, demodernized| Base form | demodernize · to demodernize |
|---|---|
| 3rd person singular | demodernizes |
| Present participle | demodernizing |
| Past simple | demodernized |
| Past participle | demodernized |
regular · Lesson
Word family
1 related wordsDeriveddemodernization
Lessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle