nationalisation
English
Alternative forms
- nationalization (American and Oxford British spelling)
Etymology
From French nationalisation. Surface etymology is nationalise + -ation
Noun
nationalisation (countable and uncountable, plural nationalisations)
- The act or process of nationalising:
- The act or process of making or becoming a nation.
- the nationalisation of India
- The act of taking formerly private assets into public or state ownership.
- The act of becoming nationalistic.
- 2006, Catherine Davies, Claire Brewster, Hilary Owen, South American Independence, page 185:
- […] study of the legacy of classical republican patriotism through to the nationalisation of patriotism […]
- 2006, Catherine Davies, Claire Brewster, Hilary Owen, South American Independence, page 185:
- The act or process of making or becoming a nation.
Synonyms
- (becoming nationalistic): patriotisation
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Translations
making private assets public
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