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• past participle of naturalize.
• past tense form of naturalize.

naturalized

American  

[nach-er-uh-lahyzd] / ˈnætʃ ər əˌlaɪzd /

adjective

1. having been given the rights and privileges of citizenship after immigrating from another country.

2. (of an athlete) playing for a particular country's national team on the basis of having met certain criteria of residency or ancestry while not being a citizen of that country.

3. (of organisms) having become established in a region as if native there after being introduced from a different one.

4. (of a garden, wetland, or other area) intentionally populated with mostly native species which are then allowed to flourish and grow wild with little or no human intervention.

5. (of landscaping) involved in planting or managing such gardens, areas, etc.

6. (of a word or custom) having become mainstream in a particular language or culture after being introduced or borrowed from a foreign one.

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Other Word Forms

• denaturalized
  adjective
• non-naturalized
  adjective
• renaturalized
  adjective

Example Sentences

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naturalized

The terminology we use to talk about “countries” has been naturalized over centuries by the dominance of the form of the nation-state on the global political scene.

From Slate ● Jul. 4, 2026

The 14th Amendment states that "All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States."

From Barron's ● Jun. 30, 2026

Agents kept Shouhed, an Iranian immigrant, in custody for 12 hours after they learned he was a U.S. citizen who naturalized in the 1980s.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 14, 2026

Duggan, a naturalized Australian citizen, faces extradition to the U.S. and denies the allegations.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 24, 2026

There are hundreds of different immigration scenarios, but I’ll focus on the path my family took to get naturalized.

From "Americanized" by Sara Saedi