Associations to the word «Naturalisation»

Wiktionary

NATURALISATION, noun. Alternative spelling of naturalization

Dictionary definition

NATURALISATION, noun. The quality of being brought into conformity with nature.
NATURALISATION, noun. The proceeding whereby a foreigner is granted citizenship.
NATURALISATION, noun. The introduction of animals or plants to places where they flourish but are not indigenous.
NATURALISATION, noun. Changing the pronunciation of a borrowed word to agree with the borrowers' phonology; "the naturalization in English of many Italian words".

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.
Noam Chomsky