denationalize

[ dee-nash-uh-nl-ahyz ]

verb (used with object)

, de·na·tion·al·ized, de·na·tion·al·iz·ing.

1. to remove (an industry or the like) from government ownership or control.
2. to deprive of national status, attachments, or characteristics.

denationalize

/ diːˈnæʃənəˌlaɪz /

verb

1. to return or transfer (an industry, etc) from public to private ownership
2. to deprive (an individual, people, institution, etc) of national character or nationality

Derived Forms

• deˌnationaliˈzation, noun

Other Words From

• de·nation·al·i·zation noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of denationalize¹

First recorded in 1800–10; de- + nationalize

Example Sentences

Alliance with the anti-slavery North would deprive a party of support South and denationalize it.

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There is in every country a class who are prone to denationalize themselves; at this day, they generally ape the Frenchman.

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The partisans of State Rights, in their efforts to decentralize, would denationalize.

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He could not assent to the principle, that Congress had a right to denationalize the public funds.

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His efforts to dazzle German princes and denationalize two of her leading thinkers were partly successful.

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