nationalize
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See also: nacionalize
English
Alternative forms
- nationalise (non-Oxford British English)
Etymology
From French nationaliser. By surface analysis, national + -ize.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈnæʃənəlaɪz/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
Verb
nationalize (third-person singular simple present nationalizes, present participle nationalizing, simple past and past participle nationalized) (American spelling, Oxford British English)
- (rare) To make into, or to become, a nation.
- 1910, History for Ready Reference from the Best Historians, page 316:
- Probably no Hindu who could make intelligent use of political freedom ever dreams of the present possibility of a nationalized India, […]
- To bring a private company, or an industry comprising such companies, under the control of a specific government.
- Synonym: deprivatize
- Antonyms: denationalize, privatize
- Near-synonym: socialize
- The government plans to nationalize the energy industry.
- To bring a concept such as a political issue or commercial campaign to the attention of the entire country.
- (politics) To change from having local and regional variation to being national in character and scope.
- 2018, Daniel J. Hopkins, The Increasingly United States: How and Why American Political Behavior Nationalized, The University of Chicago Press:
- (archaic) To make national; to make a nation of; to endow with the character and habits of a nation, or the peculiar sentiments and attachment of citizens of a nation.
Derived terms
Translations
to make a private asset public
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