denaturalize
/diːˈnæt(jə)ɹəlaɪz/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
22
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
5
Syllables
10
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "After the regime fell, the leader was executed and the principal party members were denaturalized and deported."
- "For decades, the US Department of Justice has used a tool to sniff out former Nazis who lied their way into becoming American citizens: a law that allowed the department to denaturalize, or strip, citizenship from criminals who falsified their records or hid their illicit pasts."
- "Henchard was, by original make, the last man to act stealthily, for good or for evil. But the solicitus timor of his love — the dependence upon Elizabeth's love into which he had declined (or, in another sense, to which he had advanced) — denaturalized him."
- "One question these scenes pose for cultural theory is whether such depictions denaturalize rape and denormalize masculinist pleasure in viewing sexual violence."
Etymology
From de- + naturalize.
Word Breakdown
- Prefix: de-
Regional Pronunciation
- British English: /diːˈnæt(jə)ɹəlaɪz/