denaturalizes
Strips national status
Denaturalizes means to strip something of its natural character or to revoke citizenship previously granted through naturalization.
In critical theory, to denaturalize is to expose something assumed to be natural or inevitable as actually constructed or contingent: The essay denaturalizes gender roles by tracing their historical origins.
A government denaturalizes citizens by revoking their naturalized status.
Emotional separation between people
- othernessQuality of being unlike
- displacementRemoval from usual location
- defamiliarizationMaking common things seem strange
- distancingCreating space or separation
foreignness · unfamiliarity · exclusion · marginalization · disaffiliation · expatriation · disenfranchisement · separateness
Produced artificially, not natural
- fabricatedInvented, not real
- unnaturalContrary to normal order
- constructedBuilt or assembled
- engineeredDesigned with technical precision
manufactured · ersatz · simulated · artificial · processed · adulterated · industrialized · refined
Act of modifying
- modificationAct of altering something
- conversionAct of changing states
- changeTo make different
- reconfigurationChanging arrangement of parts
restructuring · distortion · corruption · degradation · deformation · perversion · warping · twisting
Analysis exposing self-contradiction
- interrogationFormal, probing examination
- destabilizationCausing loss of stability
- demystificationExplaining the obscure
- unmaskingRevealing what's hidden
exposing · challenging · subverting · questioning · undermining · revealing · disrupting · unsettling
estrangement
Emotional separation between people
- othernessQuality of being unlike
- displacementRemoval from usual location
- defamiliarizationMaking common things seem strange
distancing · foreignness · unfamiliarity · exclusion · marginalization · disaffiliation · expatriation · disenfranchisement · separateness · uprooting
synthetic
Produced artificially, not natural
- fabricatedInvented, not real
- unnaturalContrary to normal order
- constructedBuilt or assembled
engineered · manufactured · ersatz · simulated · artificial · processed · adulterated · industrialized · refined · altered
alteration
Act of modifying
- modificationAct of altering something
- conversionAct of changing states
- changeTo make different
reconfiguration · restructuring · distortion · corruption · degradation · deformation · perversion · warping · twisting · manipulation
deconstruction
Analysis exposing self-contradiction
- interrogationFormal, probing examination
- destabilizationCausing loss of stability
- demystificationExplaining the obscure
unmasking · exposing · challenging · subverting · questioning · undermining · revealing · disrupting · unsettling · contesting
denaturalizesnaturalizes
Confers citizenship upon
enfranchises · admits · nationalizes · swears in · repatriates