disnature

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verb

Synonym of denature (“take away a natural characteristic or inherent property of”).

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Meanings

verbdisnature (third-person singular simple present disnatures, present participle disnaturing, simple past and past participle disnatured)

present singular third person disnatures · participle present disnaturing · participle past disnatured · past disnatured

  1. transitiveSynonym of denature (“take away a natural characteristic or inherent property of”).

    It is not the soul's nature to leave the body; rather, the body (disnatured by the Fall) deserts the soul.

    1943, C. S. Lewis, The Abolition of Man
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    The truth has been disnatured by its legal setting: Caleb's appeal to the conscience is not an instrument of ' true ' justice but, in spite of all he can do to prevent it, an act of revenge against the institution of aristocracy .

    2005, Gregory Dart, Rousseau, Robespierre and English Romanticism, page 98

    Naturally, no one has disnatured all of nature before. Destroying and remaking all of existence is unique, unparalleled.

    2007, John C. Wright, Titans of Chaos, page 307

    Synonyms: denature

Synonyms & antonyms

verbSynonym of denature (“take away a natural characteristic or inherent property of”).

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denature

Origin

From dis- + nature.

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disnature. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/disnature

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“disnature.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/disnature. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

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