denationalize
verb /ˌdiːˈnæʃnəlaɪz/
/ˌdiːˈnæʃnəlaɪz/
(British English also denationalise)
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they denationalize | /ˌdiːˈnæʃnəlaɪz/ /ˌdiːˈnæʃnəlaɪz/ |
| he / she / it denationalizes | /ˌdiːˈnæʃnəlaɪzɪz/ /ˌdiːˈnæʃnəlaɪzɪz/ |
| past simple denationalized | /ˌdiːˈnæʃnəlaɪzd/ /ˌdiːˈnæʃnəlaɪzd/ |
| past participle denationalized | /ˌdiːˈnæʃnəlaɪzd/ /ˌdiːˈnæʃnəlaɪzd/ |
| -ing form denationalizing | /ˌdiːˈnæʃnəlaɪzɪŋ/ /ˌdiːˈnæʃnəlaɪzɪŋ/ |
- denationalize something to sell a company or an industry so that it is no longer owned by the state but becomes a private business synonym privatize opposite nationalizeWord Originearly 19th cent. (originally meaning to deprive someone of their nationality): from French dénationaliser (a word of the French Revolution), from dé- (expressing reversal) + nationaliser ‘nationalize’.