denationalize
Pronunciation
  • (British) IPA: /diːˈnæʃ(ə)nəlaɪz/
Verb

denationalize (denationalizes, present participle denationalizing; past and past participle denationalized)

  1. (transitive) To transfer the control and ownership of an industry from government to private hands; to privatize.
  2. (transitive) To strip of nationhood; to cease to recognise, or allow to exist, as a nation.
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