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denationalize
[ dee-nash-uh-nl-ahyz ]
verb (used with object)
- to remove (an industry or the like) from government ownership or control.
- to deprive of national status, attachments, or characteristics.
denationalize
/ diːˈnæʃənəˌlaɪz /
verb
- to return or transfer (an industry, etc) from public to private ownership
- to deprive (an individual, people, institution, etc) of national character or nationality
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Derived Forms
- deˌnationaliˈzation, noun
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Other Words From
- de·nation·al·i·zation noun
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Word History and Origins
Origin of denationalize1
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Example Sentences
Alliance with the anti-slavery North would deprive a party of support South and denationalize it.
There is in every country a class who are prone to denationalize themselves; at this day, they generally ape the Frenchman.
The partisans of State Rights, in their efforts to decentralize, would denationalize.
He could not assent to the principle, that Congress had a right to denationalize the public funds.
His efforts to dazzle German princes and denationalize two of her leading thinkers were partly successful.
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