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decreolize

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English

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Etymology

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From de- +‎ creolize.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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decreolize (third-person singular simple present decreolizes, present participle decreolizing, simple past and past participle decreolized)

  1. (linguistics) To modify a creole language by removing creole elements and replacing them with standard language forms.