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denationalize

[ dee-nash-uh-nl-ahyz ]

verb (used with object)

, de·na·tion·al·ized, de·na·tion·al·iz·ing.
  1. to remove (an industry or the like) from government ownership or control.
  2. to deprive of national status, attachments, or characteristics.


denationalize

/ diːˈnæʃənəˌlaɪz /

verb

  1. to return or transfer (an industry, etc) from public to private ownership
  2. to deprive (an individual, people, institution, etc) of national character or nationality
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Derived Forms

  • deˌnationaliˈzation, noun
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Other Words From

  • de·nation·al·i·zation noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of denationalize1

First recorded in 1800–10; de- + nationalize
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Example Sentences

Alliance with the anti-slavery North would deprive a party of support South and denationalize it.

There is in every country a class who are prone to denationalize themselves; at this day, they generally ape the Frenchman.

The partisans of State Rights, in their efforts to decentralize, would denationalize.

He could not assent to the principle, that Congress had a right to denationalize the public funds.

His efforts to dazzle German princes and denationalize two of her leading thinkers were partly successful.

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