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corporatization, n. orig. and chiefly U.S.
Brit. |ˌkɔːp(ə)rətʌɪˈzeɪʃn|, U.S. |ˈˌkɔrp(ə)rədəˈzeɪʃ(ə)n|, |ˈˌkɔrp(ə)rəˌtaɪˈzeɪʃ(ə)n|
Forms: 19– corporatisation, 19– corporatization
[‹ corporatize v. + -ation suffix.]
The introduction or imposition of the practices or values associated with a large business corporation; commercialization; the loss of independence or individual character, homogenization. Also: the privatization of a publicly owned organization. Cf. corporatize v.
1958H. Eckstein in S. H. Beer et al. Patterns of Govt. ii. xiii. 173 Seventeen such semi-official monopolies were created, and British agriculture, which previously had been ruggedly..individualistic, was to a very large extent brought up to the industrial level of corporatization. 1970Washington Post 15 Feb. l.1/5 Corporatization is necessary to attract the manpower and capital that this nation and industry [sc. the housing industry] need. 1999South China Morning Post (Hong Kong) 12 Oct. 6/2 [He] said then that the target was to identify two potential departments for corporatisation by next year. 2004Independent (Tabloid ed.) 19 Jan. 37/1 One of those magazines,..in opposing the homogeneity and overwhelming corporatisation of fashion, which over recent years has made it more about big business than big ideas, sounds like a force for good. |