denaturalisation

Revoking citizenship status

Denaturalisation is the revocation of citizenship, stripping someone of the nationality they acquired through naturalisation.

Governments may denaturalise citizens for fraud in the application process, disloyalty, or extended residence abroad: The court upheld his denaturalisation after evidence of falsified documents emerged.

Also spelled denaturalization.

citizenship

revocation

Official cancellation of privilege

passport · statelessness · renunciation · disenfranchisement · nullification · annulment · rescission · cancellation · invalidation · abrogation

identity

heritage

Inherited cultural legacy

assimilation · integration · belonging · alienation · estrangement · disconnection · marginalization · othering · exclusion · patriotism

displacement

exile

Banishment from homeland

uprooting · dispossession · ousting · removal · deracination · diaspora · refugees · repatriation · homeland · return

Opposites
citizenship acquisition vs loss

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Acquiring citizenship by application

naturalization · citizenship · enfranchisement · amnesty · permanent residency

state action vs individual choice

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Formal surrender of claim

expatriation · self-exile

belonging vs. expulsion

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Combining into a whole

inclusion · acceptance · assimilation · welcome · admission

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