Uprooted; removed from one's native place, culture, or community and separated from it.
Past participle of 'deracinate'. Describes a state of permanent displacement and cultural separation, often used in literature and sociology.
Writers like James Baldwin and Frantz Fanon used 'deracinated' to describe the psychological toll on colonized people and refugees—it's not just homesickness, it's an identity crisis.
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