denaturalizev.
/dɪˈnatjʊərəlʌɪz//diːˈnatjʊərəlʌɪz/ 1. transitive. To deprive of its original nature; to alter or pervert the nature of; to make unnatural.
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society > morality > moral evil > moral or spiritual degeneration > degrading or impairing morally > degrade or impair morally [verb (transitive)] > make unnatural
uncomelechec1225
disnaturea1500
unnaturea1586
unnaturalize1605
denature1685
denaturalize1812
disnaturalize1837
1812 R. Southey Omniana II. clxxxi. 34 All creatures are, more or less, denaturalized by confinement.
1852 H. Rogers Eclipse of Faith 130 This faculty,..denaturalised and disabled.
1881 F. T. Palgrave Visions of Eng. Pref. 13 The lyrical ballad..like certain wild flowers, is almost always denaturalized by culture.
2. To deprive of the status and rights of a natural subject or citizen; the opposite of naturalize.
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society > law > legal right > withdrawal or loss of legal rights > take away a right [verb (transitive)] > deprive of rights of citizen
disfranchise1467
disnatural1588
discommona1600
forjure1647
unnaturalize1662
disenfranchise1664
disnaturalize1704
denaturalize1816
1816 M. Keating Trav. (1817) II. 119 The Duque d' Aveiro, having been degraded and denaturalized previous to condemnation.
1838 W. H. Prescott Hist. Reign Ferdinand & Isabella I. Introd. p. lix They also claimed the privilege, when aggrieved, of denaturalizing themselves, or, in other words, of publicly renouncing their allegiance to their sovereign.
Derivatives
deˈnaturalized adj.
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the world > relative properties > order > disorder > irregularity > unconformity > abnormality > [adjective] > abnormal or unnatural > beyond what is natural
supernatural?1537
preternatural1580
anti-naturala1603
contranatural1633
counternatural1666
denaturalized1800
1800 R. Southey Life (1850) II. 45 By residing in that huge denaturalised city.
1812 Edinb. Rev. 19 375 Cast off without ceremony as denaturalized beings.
1847 T. De Quincey Schlosser's Lit. Hist. in Tait's Edinb. Mag. Sept. 580/2 In their own denaturalised hearts they read only a degraded nature.
deˈnaturalizing adj.
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the mind > goodness and badness > wrongdoing > leading astray > [adjective]
pervertinga1450
seducing?1574
debauching1645
lenocinant1664
perversive1753
denaturalizing1820
society > morality > moral evil > moral or spiritual degeneration > degrading or impairing morally > [adjective] > perverting
perverting1665
denaturalizing1820
1820 London Mag. May 549/2 The practice of such denaturalizing depravities.
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