denationalize
English
Etymology
From French dénationaliser
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /diːˈnæʃ(ə)nəlaɪz/
Verb
denationalize (third-person singular simple present denationalizes, present participle denationalizing, simple past and past participle denationalized)
- (transitive) To transfer the control and ownership of an industry from government to private hands; to privatize.
- (transitive) To strip of nationhood; to cease to recognise, or allow to exist, as a nation.
- 1933, John T Tucker, Angola, the land of the blacksmith prince
- What does signify, however, is the assumption that evangelical missions introduce or maintain an alien culture and that they denationalize.
- 1933, John T Tucker, Angola, the land of the blacksmith prince
Translations
privatize
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