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noun
American and Oxford British English standard spelling of nationalisation.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
changing something from private to state ownership or control
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: nationalisation, communization, communisation
Antonyms: denationalization
Broader terms: social control
noun
the action of rendering national in character
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: nationalisation
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: change
noun
the action of forming or becoming a nation
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: nationalisation
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: group action
History
Etymology tree English national Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor. Late Latin -izōder. Middle French -iserbor. Middle English -isen English -ize Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin -ātiōlbor. Old French -ationbor. Middle English -acioun English -ation English -ization English nationalization From national + -ization.
