Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun naturalization

4 senses of naturalization

Sense 1
naturalization, naturalisation -- (the quality of being brought into conformity with nature)
       => naturalness -- (the quality of being natural or based on natural principles; "he accepted the naturalness of death"; "the spontaneous naturalness of his manner")

Sense 2
naturalization, naturalisation -- (the proceeding whereby a foreigner is granted citizenship)
       => proceeding, legal proceeding, proceedings -- ((law) the institution of a sequence of steps by which legal judgments are invoked)

Sense 3
naturalization, naturalisation -- (the introduction of animals or plants to places where they flourish but are not indigenous)
       => introduction, debut, first appearance, launching, unveiling, entry -- (the act of beginning something new; "they looked forward to the debut of their new product line")

Sense 4
naturalization, naturalisation -- (changing the pronunciation of a borrowed word to agree with the borrowers' phonology; "the naturalization in English of many Italian words")
       => borrowing, adoption -- (the appropriation (of ideas or words etc) from another source; "the borrowing of ancient motifs was very apparent")