denaturalize

动词 v.
/diːˈnæt(jə)ɹəlaɪz/|/diːˈnætʃəɹəlaɪz/   

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To revoke or deny the citizenship of. transitive
    — After the regime fell, the leader was executed and the principal party members were denaturalized and deported.
  2. To make less natural; to cause to deviate from its nature. transitive
    — Henchard was, by original make, the last man to act stealthily, for good or for evil. But the solicitus timor of his love — the dependence upon Elizabeth's love into which he had declined (or, in another sense, to which he had advanced) — denaturalized him.
  3. To cease to treat as natural. transitive
    — One question these scenes pose for cultural theory is whether such depictions denaturalize rape and denormalize masculinist pleasure in viewing sexual violence.

词形变化

denaturalizes present,singular,third-person denaturalizing participle,present denaturalized participle,past denaturalized past denaturalise alternative,UK

词汇关系

词源

From de- + naturalize.
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