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denaturalized

American  
[dee-nach-er-uh-lahyzd] / diˈnætʃ ər əˌlaɪzd /

adjective

  1. deprived of the status and rights of citizenship after being naturalized.

  2. deprived of proper or true nature; made unnatural.


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Influencers and commenters piled on, asking why, if the situation was so dire, no one had been arrested, deported or denaturalized.

From Salon ● Dec. 29, 2025

One fact often getting lost in the shuffle is that a naturalized citizen cannot be denaturalized for anything that happens after their naturalization.

From Slate ● Jul. 11, 2025

The anarchist Emma Goldman was denaturalized in 1909, and shipped to Revolutionary Russia a decade later.

From New York Times ● Jul. 30, 2020

Some were German citizens; others fled to Germany before they were denaturalized in the United States.

From Washington Post ● Dec. 16, 2017

By the sacerdotal-monastic movement the moralizing force of Christianity was denaturalized.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 8 "Chariot" to "Chatelaine" by Various

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