nativize
Adapt to locale
To nativize is to adapt something foreign to local conditions or make it native.
Languages nativize borrowed words by adjusting pronunciation and grammar: English nativized "café" from French.
Policies may nativize industries by requiring local ownership.
The word often appears in linguistic and political contexts: The dialect has nativized dozens of loan words.
Adapt to local culture
- acculturateAdopt another group's practices
- assimilateAbsorb and incorporate fully
- enculturationAcquiring cultural norms unconsciously
- naturalizeConfer citizenship upon
adopt · adapt · syncretize · integrate · incorporate · localize · domesticate · customs
Adapt to local culture
- localizeFix to specific spot
- domesticateTrain for human cohabitation
- adaptModify for new conditions
- regionalizeDivide into areas
contextualize · code-switch · borrow · calque · loanword · pidginize · creolize · transliterate
Confer citizenship upon
- immigrateMove to another country
- assimilateAbsorb and incorporate fully
- citizenshipStatus as state member
- residencyState of dwelling somewhere
passport · documentation · repatriate · homeland · birthright · nationality · emigrate · diaspora
Restore natural ecosystem
- reintroduceBring back into use
- restoreReturn to earlier state
- endemicNative to one area
- indigenousOriginating in a region
invasive · transplant · acclimatize · habitat · ecosystem · biodiversity · conservation · naturalize
Fix to specific spot
- internationalizeExtend across countries
- regionalizeDivide into areas
- translateExpress in another language
- adaptModify for new conditions
customize · locale · charset · interface · globalize · accessibility · multilingual · right-to-left
indigenize
Adapt to local culture
- acculturateAdopt another group's practices
- assimilateAbsorb and incorporate fully
- enculturationAcquiring cultural norms unconsciously
naturalize · adopt · adapt · syncretize · integrate · incorporate · localize · domesticate · customs · heritage
indigenize
Adapt to local culture
- localizeFix to specific spot
- domesticateTrain for human cohabitation
- adaptModify for new conditions
regionalize · contextualize · code-switch · borrow · calque · loanword · pidginize · creolize · transliterate · naturalize
naturalize
Confer citizenship upon
- immigrateMove to another country
- assimilateAbsorb and incorporate fully
- citizenshipStatus as state member
residency · passport · documentation · repatriate · homeland · birthright · nationality · emigrate · diaspora · belonging
rewild
Restore natural ecosystem
- reintroduceBring back into use
- restoreReturn to earlier state
- endemicNative to one area
indigenous · invasive · transplant · acclimatize · habitat · ecosystem · biodiversity · conservation · naturalize · establish
localize
Fix to specific spot
- internationalizeExtend across countries
- regionalizeDivide into areas
- translateExpress in another language
adapt · customize · locale · charset · interface · globalize · accessibility · multilingual · right-to-left
nativizeexoticize
Make seem foreign, alluring
alienate · internationalize · transliterate · globalize · westernize
- nativity sceneManger birth depiction
- the nativityBirth of Jesus account
- nativity playsDramatic reenactments of Jesus's birth
- nativity setChristmas birth scene display
- nativity storyAccount of a sacred birth
- living nativityStaged birth of Christ
nativity, nativist, nativism, nativities, nativists, nativisms, nativized