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nationalize

[ nash-uh-nl-ahyz, nash-nuh-lahyz ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

verb (used with object)

, na·tion·al·ized, na·tion·al·iz·ing.

to bring under the ownership or control of a nation, as industries and land:
a movement to nationalize the oil industry.
to make into a nation.
to naturalize.
to make national in extent or scope:
a magazine article that nationalized a local problem.

, na·tion·al·ized, na·tion·al·iz·ing.

to become nationalized or naturalized:
Those who remain in the country must nationalize.

nationalize

/ ˈnæʃnə-; ˈnæʃənəˌlaɪz /

nation·al·i·zation noun
nation·al·izer noun
anti·nation·al·i·zation adjective
nonna·tion·al·i·zation noun
over·nation·al·i·zation noun
over·nation·al·ize verb (used with object) overnationalized overnationalizing
re·nation·al·i·zation noun
re·nation·al·ize verb renationalized renationalizing
semi·nation·al·ized adjective
un·nation·al·ized adjective

First recorded in 1790–1800; national + -ize

Democrats have been anxious not to nationalize the election as a referendum on President Obama.

The goal is to nationalize the race around Obama, whose approval rating in Kansas is just 33 percent.

The effort will be to quasi-nationalize what happened in Colorado then.

As a result, her biggest strength, even some Republicans here concede, is her ability to nationalize the contest at every turn.

They do not want to demonize undocumented workers, nationalize the Arizona immigration law, or kill the Dream Act.

A definite proposal to nationalize the railway systems of the Dominion of Canada was made during the war.

Their features were not easy to distinguish; when the Bolshevists assume dominion over us they will not nationalize our soap.

In view of the need of rapid development of mining by Chinese, it would probably be unwise to nationalize all mines here and now.

Even if fairly carried out, that policy is just as certain to nationalize slavery as the doctrine of Jeff Davis himself.

He never was in favor of any nor opposed to any, till the present one, which helps to nationalize slavery.

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