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deformalize

American

[dee-fawr-muh-lahyz] / diˈfɔr məˌlaɪz /

especially British, deformalise

verb (used with object)

deformalized, deformalizing

to make less formal; reduce the strictness, preciseness, etc., of.

Other Word Forms

deformalization noun

Etymology

Origin of deformalize

First recorded in 1875–80; de- + formalize

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