English Explanatory Dictionary

denationalize

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To transfer the control and ownership of an industry from government to private hands; to privatize.
  2. To strip of nationhood; to cease to recognise, or allow to exist, as a nation.

Pronunciation

/diːˈnæʃ(ə)nəlaɪz/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-denationalize.wav

Word forms

denationalize denationalizes denationalizing denationalized denationalise

Etymology

From French dénationaliser, equivalent to de- + nationalize.

Derived words

denationalizer
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