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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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