naturalising

Granting citizenship status

Naturalising is the British spelling of naturalizing—the process of granting citizenship to a foreign-born person, or of introducing a plant or animal species to a region where it becomes established: The garden features naturalising bulbs that spread each year.

In philosophy, naturalising means explaining something in terms of natural rather than supernatural causes.

citizenship

citizenship

Status as state member

emigration · swearing-in · oath · allegiance · nationality · eligibility · denizenship · visa · documentation · petition

biology

adaptation

Fitting to new conditions

habitat · establishment · colonization · acclimatization · spread · population · ecosystem · biodiversity · native · non-native

acculturation

assimilation

Absorbing into a whole

language · heritage · socialization · adaptation · belonging · identity · homogenization · localization · indigenization · syncretism

embedding

rooting

Actively cheering someone on

entrenchment · stabilization · consolidation · normalization · institutionalization · incorporation · habituation · familiarization · grounding · permanence

Opposites
citizenship status change

naturalisingdeporting

Legally removing noncitizens

expatriating · exiling · banishing · expelling · repatriating

belonging and integration

naturalisingalienating

Causing emotional separation

excluding · othering · marginalising · ostracising · rejecting

making something seem natural

naturalisingquestioning

Seeking answers through inquiry

critiquing · exposing · estranging · deconstructing · destabilising

Family

natural, nature, naturalness, unnaturally, naturalist, naturalistic, naturalize, naturalism, naturalization

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