Associations to the word «Denaturalize»

Wiktionary

DENATURALIZE, verb. To revoke or deny citizenship.
DENATURALIZE, verb. To make less natural; to cause to deviate from its nature.

Dictionary definition

DENATURALIZE, verb. Make less natural or unnatural.
DENATURALIZE, verb. Strip of the rights and duties of citizenship; "The former Nazi was denaturalized".

Wise words

Language is a process of free creation; its laws and principles are fixed, but the manner in which the principles of generation are used is free and infinitely varied. Even the interpretation and use of words involves a process of free creation.
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