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Soheil1 Posted 5 years ago
Vocabulary

Naturalize

Hi

What does naturalizing mean in:

they have contributed to naturalizing the constructs of economy, politics, religion, kinship, and the like as the fundamental building blocks of all societies.

Means they made them appear natural?

Thanks in advance

  

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soheil1 Means they made them appear natural? Does it mean they made them appear natural? Not exactly.

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  • soheil1 Means they made them appear natural?
  • Does it mean they made them appear natural?
  • Not exactly.
  • He has used "naturalize" in an extension of its meaning "to put something foreign on a level with what is native" ( OED ).
  • He is saying that the constructs are just that, constructs, outside nature, and are thus not natural components of society, and that anthropologists have treated these constructs as natural in error.
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soheil1Means they made them appear natural?

Does it mean they made them appear natural?

Not exactly. He has used "naturalize" in an extension of its meaning "to put something foreign on a level with what is native" (OED). He is saying that the constructs

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