DENATIONALIZATION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does denationalization mean? 

• DENATIONALIZATION (noun)
  The noun DENATIONALIZATION has 1 sense:

1. changing something from state to private ownership or control

  Familiarity information: DENATIONALIZATION used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DENATIONALIZATION (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Changing something from state to private ownership or control

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

denationalisation; denationalization; privatisation; privatization

Hypernyms ("denationalization" is a kind of...):

social control (control exerted (actively or passively) by group action)

Antonym:

nationalization (changing something from private to state ownership or control)

Derivation:

denationalize (put under private control or ownership)