denationalize

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Etymology

From French dénationaliser, equivalent to de- +‎ nationalize.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /diːˈnæʃ(ə)nəlaɪz/

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denationalize (third-person singular simple present denationalizes, present participle denationalizing, simple past and past participle denationalized) (American spelling, Oxford British English)

  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.
    • 1847 March 30, Herman Melville, Omoo: A Narrative of Adventures in the South Seas; , London: John Murray, , →OCLC:
      Doubtless, in thus denationalizing the Tahitians, as it were, the missionaries were prompted by a sincere desire for good; […]
    • 1933, John T. Tucker, Angola, the land of the blacksmith prince:
      What does signify, however, is the assumption that evangelical missions introduce or maintain an alien culture and that they denationalize.

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