DENATIONALIZE

denationalize, denationalise

(verb) put under private control or ownership; “The steel industry was denationalized”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology

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.

Source: Wiktionary

De*na"tion*al*ize, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Denationalized; p. pr. & vb. n. Denationalizing.] Etym: [Cf. F. dénationaliser.]

Definition: To divest or deprive of national character or rights. Bonaparte's decree denationalizes, as he calls it, all ships that have touched at a British port. Cobbett. An expatriated, denationalized race. G. Eliot.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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