Definition of DENATIONALIZE

denationalize

Meanings

Verb

  • put under private control or ownership
    • "The steel industry was denationalized"
  • To transfer the control and ownership of an industry from government to private hands; to privatize.
  • To strip of nationhood; to cease to recognise, or allow to exist, as a nation.

Origin / Etymology

From French dénationaliser, equivalent to de- + nationalize.

Synonyms

denationalise

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