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naturalization
noun
1 naturalization
The quality of being brought into conformity with nature.
synonym: naturalisation.
Roget 144:
conversion,
reduction,
transmutation,
resolution,
assimilation;
evolution,
sea change;
change of state;
assumption;
naturalization;
transportation;
development [Biol.],
developing.
[photography]
[conversion of currency]
conversion of currency,
exchange of currency;
exchange rate;
bureau de change.
chemistry,
alchemy;
progress,
growth,
lapse,
flux.
passage;
transit,
transition;
transmigration,
shifting
etc.
v.;
phase;
conjugation;
convertibility.
crucible,
alembic,
caldron,
retort.
convert,
pervert,
renegade,
apostate.
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Roget 184:
location,
localization;
lodgment;
deposition,
reposition;
stowage,
package;
collocation;
packing,
lading;
establishment,
settlement,
installation;
fixation;
insertion
etc.
300.
habitat,
environment,
surroundings
(situation)
183;
circumjacence
etc.
227†.
anchorage,
mooring,
encampment.
plantation,
colony,
settlement,
cantonment;
colonization,
domestication,
situation;
habitation
etc.
(abode)
189;
cohabitation;
a local habitation and a name"
[Midsummer Night's Dream];
endenization†,
naturalization.
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Roget 82:
conformity,
conformance;
observance;
habituation.
naturalization;
conventionality
etc.
(custom)
613;
agreement
etc.
23.
example,
instance,
specimen,
sample,
quotation;
exemplification,
illustration,
case in point;
object lesson;
elucidation.
standard,
model,
pattern
etc.
(prototype)
22.
rule,
nature,
principle;
law;
order of things;
normal state,
natural state,
ordinary state,
model state,
normal condition,
natural condition,
ordinary condition,
model condition;
standing dish,
standing order;
Procrustean law;
law of the Medes and Persians;
hard and fast rule.
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Polish: naturalizacja
2 naturalization
The proceeding whereby a foreigner is granted citizenship.
synonym: naturalisation.
Dutch: naturalisatie
3 naturalization
The introduction of animals or plants to places where they flourish but are not indigenous.
synonym: naturalisation.
4 naturalization
Changing the pronunciation of a borrowed word to agree with the borrowers' phonology:
— The naturalization in English of many Italian words.
synonym: naturalisation.
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