naturalization
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
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- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
the quality of being brought into conformity with nature
Types & categories
- naturalness hypernym
Related & opposite
- domesticate derivation
- naturalise derivation
Sense 2 noun
the proceeding whereby a foreigner is granted citizenship
Types & categories
- proceeding hypernym
Related & opposite
- naturalize derivation
- law domain topic
Sense 3 noun
the introduction of animals or plants to places where they flourish but are not indigenous
Types & categories
- introduction hypernym
Related & opposite
- domesticate derivation
Sense 4 noun
changing the pronunciation of a borrowed word to agree with the borrowers' phonology
the naturalization in English of many Italian words
Types & categories
- borrowing hypernym
Related & opposite
- naturalise derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | domesticate |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | naturalise |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | naturalness |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | naturalize |
| 2 | domain topic | Related & opposite | law |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | proceeding |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | domesticate |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | introduction |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | naturalise |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | borrowing |