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verb
To transfer the control and ownership of an industry from government to private hands; to privatize.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: British, English, Oxford, US, transitive
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
To strip of nationhood; to cease to recognise, or allow to exist, as a nation.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: British, English, Oxford, US, transitive
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
put under private control or ownership
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: denationalise
Antonyms: nationalize
Broader terms: change, alter, modify
Narrower terms: privatize, privatise
History
From French dénationaliser, equivalent to de- + nationalize.
Across languages
11 source translations are retained for this English entry.
