disnaturalize

Etymology

From dis- + naturalize.

disnaturalize means to make alien; to deprive of the privileges of birth. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 87 out of 100.

Why “disnaturalize” is a great word

DISNATURALIZE — [Verb] To make alien or to deprive of the rights or status of a native-born subject. From the prefix dis- (expressing reversal or removal) + naturalize (from natural, ultimately from Latin nātūrālis, of nature, and -ize, a verb-forming suffix). Unlike "denaturalize," which denotes the formal revocation of conferred citizenship, or "alienate," which implies personal estrangement or property transfer, to disnaturalize is to enact a conceptual exile, to unmake fundamental belonging. It is the bureaucratic stamp that erases a lifetime of local memory, the collective gaze that transforms a neighbor into an interloper, or the quiet re-writing of history that renders a people perpetual guests upon their own land—the forced exile from the very premise of being native.

verb

To make alien; to deprive of the privileges of birth.“[he][…]having served his prince well both in Afric and India, and being ill rewarded, renounced his country , disnaturalizing himself as the custom then was”