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

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats