verb
- present participle of denaturalise; to make something less natural or to strip away natural qualities
- removing citizenship or nationality from a person
Usage: chiefly British spelling; American English typically uses 'denaturalizing'; often used in philosophical, environmental, or cultural contexts
Usage: legal/formal context
Examples
- The industrial process is denaturalising the landscape.
- Modern technology is denaturalising human interaction.
- The government was accused of denaturalising citizens for political reasons.
- Excessive urbanization is denaturalising the region's ecosystem.
- Critics argue that standardized testing is denaturalising education.
- The policy of denaturalising immigrants was widely condemned.