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DELOCALIZATION

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de⋅lo⋅cal⋅ize

  [dee-loh-kuh-lahyz]
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–verb (used with object), -ized, -iz⋅ing.
1. to remove from the proper or usual locality.
2. to free or remove from the restrictions of locality; free of localism, provincialism, or the like: to delocalize a person's accent.
Also, especially British, de⋅lo⋅cal⋅ise.

Origin:
1850–55; de- + localize

Related forms:
de⋅lo⋅cal⋅i⋅za⋅tion, noun
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de·lo·cal·ize   (dē-lō'kə-līz')   
tr.v.   de·lo·cal·ized, de·lo·cal·iz·ing, de·lo·cal·iz·es

  1. To remove from a native or usual locality.

  2. To broaden the range or scope of.

de·lo'cal·i·za'tion (-kə-lĭ-zā'shən) n.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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