naturalizing
Granting citizenship status
Naturalizing is the process of making something seem natural or native.
In citizenship, it means granting nationality to a foreign-born person: She's naturalizing after ten years of residency.
In gardening, naturalizing refers to establishing plants so they spread and persist without cultivation: We're naturalizing daffodils in the meadow.
The word also describes adapting foreign words or customs until they feel native.
Formal binding promise
- swearing-inOfficial oath-taking ceremony
- allegianceLoyalty owed to authority
- passportGovernment-issued travel credential
- immigrantOne who resettles abroad
citizen · visa · emigrant · expatriate · consulate · embassy · renunciation · residency
Absorbing into a whole
- integrationCombining into a whole
- enculturationAcquiring cultural norms unconsciously
- socializationInternalizing cultural norms
- customsTraditional practices or import taxes
traditions · norms · values · adaptation · belonging · immersion · acceptance · community
Underground plant storage
- perennialsFlora regrowing annually
- wildflowersUncultivated flowering plants
- daffodilsYellow spring bulb flowers
- crocusesEarly-blooming perennial flowers
meadow · planting · self-seeding · spreading · clumps · drifts · woodland · grassland
Organism's natural environment
- acclimatizationAdjusting to new conditions
- establishmentFounded organization or venue
- floraPlants of a region
- faunaAnimal life collectively
ecosystem · wildlife · spread · colonization · proliferation · adaptation · displacement · biodiversity
oath
Formal binding promise
- swearing-inOfficial oath-taking ceremony
- allegianceLoyalty owed to authority
- passportGovernment-issued travel credential
immigrant · citizen · visa · emigrant · expatriate · consulate · embassy · renunciation · residency · application
assimilation
Absorbing into a whole
- integrationCombining into a whole
- enculturationAcquiring cultural norms unconsciously
- socializationInternalizing cultural norms
customs · traditions · norms · values · adaptation · belonging · immersion · acceptance · community · adjustment
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Underground plant storage
- perennialsFlora regrowing annually
- wildflowersUncultivated flowering plants
- daffodilsYellow spring bulb flowers
crocuses · meadow · planting · self-seeding · spreading · clumps · drifts · woodland · grassland · low-maintenance
habitat
Organism's natural environment
- acclimatizationAdjusting to new conditions
- establishmentFounded organization or venue
- floraPlants of a region
fauna · ecosystem · wildlife · spread · colonization · proliferation · adaptation · displacement · biodiversity · competition
- gardeninggardener, gardening, flowers, seeds, soil
- translation methodsliteral translation, free translation, dynamic equivalence, sense-for-sense, adaptation
naturalizingexpatriating
Leaving one's native land
deporting · deportation · exiling · banishing · expelling
naturalizingsynthesizing
Combining elements into unity
processing · manufacturing · industrializing · mechanizing · adulterating
naturalizingeradicating
Removing completely and permanently
removing · uprooting · eliminating · excluding · controlling
natural, nature, native, naturally, innate, naturalness, natured, nativity, naturalistic