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denationalize

[ dee-nash-uh-nl-ahyz ]

verb (used with object)

denationalized, denationalizing.
  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
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • deˌnationaliˈzation, noun
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Other Word Forms

  • de·nation·al·i·zation noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of denationalize1

First recorded in 1800–10; de- + nationalize
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Example Sentences

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Effectively, it denationalized the issue by letting states go their separate ways.

When the Republic of Latvia became independent after the fall of the Soviet Union in 1991, property was denationalized and Latvians reclaimed it.

This is in part a response to the experience of World War II, when Jewish citizens were classified, denationalized and, in many cases, deported to Nazi concentration camps.

Today, Muslims are the ones denationalized, in some of our laws and in our public perception of Muslims’ rights.

Thus the appeal of a cosmopolitan, denationalized political ethos that reified the individual over the group.

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