Associations to the word «Naturalization»

Wiktionary

NATURALIZATION, noun. The action of naturalizing somebody; act of granting citizenship.
NATURALIZATION, noun. The admission or adoption of foreign words or customs into general use.
NATURALIZATION, noun. The introduction and establishment of an animal or plant into a place where it is not indigenous.

Dictionary definition

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

Wise words

A word is not a crystal, transparent and unchanged; it is the skin of a living thought and may vary greatly in color and content according to the circumstances and time in which it is used.
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.