nationalisation

Plural: nationalisations

Noun

• the action of forming or becoming a nation
• the action of rendering national in character
• changing something from private to state ownership or control
• The act or process of nationalising:
• The act or process of making or becoming a nation.
• The act or process of nationalising:
• The act of taking formerly private assets into public or state ownership.
• The act or process of nationalising:
• The act of becoming nationalistic.
• The act or process of nationalising:
• The process of losing local and regional variation and becoming national in character and scope.

Synonyms

communisation, communization, nationalization, patriotisation

Antonyms

denationalization, privatisation, privatization

Related Words

nationalise