Home › Words › D › defamilializedefamilializedefamilialize means to remove familial character from.Among words judged in Lexicurio's Arena, defamilialize ranks #35,163 of 42,762 for Qualifying.EtymologyFrom de- + familial + -ize.verbTo remove familial character fromDefinitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.defamiliarize 69% match — To make unfamiliar; to divest of familiarity. vs defamilialize →defeminize 63% match — To lose, or to remove, feminine characteristics or qualities vs defamilialize →depatriarchalize 61% match — To divest of patriarchal attributes. vs defamilialize →defunctionalize 61% match — To subject to defunctionalization. vs defamilialize →depersonalize 59% match — To remove a sense of personal identity or individual character from something; to anonymize. vs defamilialize →defactualize 59% match — To remove facts from; to make no longer factual. vs defamilialize →desocialize 59% match — To take out of a social context; individualize. vs defamilialize →deritualize 58% match — To reduce from the status of ritual. vs defamilialize →