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denationalize

[ dee-nash-uh-nl-ahyz ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

verb (used with object)

, de·na·tion·al·ized, de·na·tion·al·iz·ing.

denationalize

/ diːˈnæʃənəˌlaɪz /

to return or transfer (an industry, etc) from public to private ownership
to deprive (an individual, people, institution, etc) of national character or nationality

First recorded in 1800–10; de- + nationalize

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.

April 23, 2024inveterate

[in-vet-er-it ]

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