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NATIONALISATION
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Dictionary entry overview: What does nationalisation mean?
• NATIONALISATION (noun)
The noun NATIONALISATION has 3 senses:
1. the action of forming or becoming a nation
2. the action of rendering national in character
3. changing something from private to state ownership or control
Familiarity information: NATIONALISATION used as a noun is uncommon.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The action of forming or becoming a nation
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
nationalisation; nationalization
Hypernyms ("nationalisation" is a kind of...):
group action (action taken by a group of people)
Sense 2
Meaning:
The action of rendering national in character
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
nationalisation; nationalization
Hypernyms ("nationalisation" is a kind of...):
change (the action of changing something)
Derivation:
nationalise (make national in character or scope)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Changing something from private to state ownership or control
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
communisation; communization; nationalisation; nationalization
Hypernyms ("nationalisation" is a kind of...):
social control (control exerted (actively or passively) by group action)
Derivation:
nationalise (put under state control or ownership)
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