denationalization

American  

[dee-na-shuhn-uhl-uh-zay-shuhn] / diˌnæ ʃən əl əˈzeɪ ʃən /

noun

plural

denationalizations

1. the act or process of denationalizing.

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Example Sentences

One camp, which included Chief Justice Earl Warren and Justice Hugo Black, was willing to declare denationalization unconstitutional.

From Slate • Jan. 15, 2026

There are moments of uplift, but also ample attention to the difficulties that still linger for so many in the wake of denationalization.

From New York Times • Jul. 19, 2021

Burma and the Dominican Republic offer two of the most dramatic examples of what mass denationalization actually looks like in practice.

From Slate • Nov. 6, 2018

Operations that amount to public utilities�like gas, electricity and transportation�are not targets for denationalization, though the Tories will try to attract private investment to some companies in those fields.

From Time Magazine Archive

He makes the term "denationalization" coextensive with our "assimilation," and says that the ensemble of measures which a government takes for inducing a population to abandon one type of culture for another is denationalization.

From Introduction to the Science of Sociology by Park, Robert Ezra