单词 | privatization |
释义 | privatization (once / 5928 pages) n When something is owned by the government — like a healthcare system, for example — and its ownership becomes privately held, it's called privatization. If your governor had a plan to replace all the public schools in the state with private schools, you could describe it as privatization. People tend to have strong opinions about privatization, believing either that free enterprise and private companies increase efficiency, or that certain services are harmed by privatization, particularly education, healthcare, and law enforcement. At the heart of privatization is the word private, rooted in the Latin privatus, "belonging to the self rather than the state." WORD FAMILYprivatization: privatizations+/privacy: privacies/private: privacy, privately, privateness, privates, privatise, privatize, semiprivate/privatise: privatisation/privatize: privatization, privatized, privatizes, privatizing USAGE EXAMPLESBut veterans groups and Democrats strongly oppose any move toward privatization. New York Times(Dec 28, 2016) On 21 December 2013, the Mexican government officially opened the Gulf of Mexico to privatization when its energy reform bill became law. The Guardian(Dec 28, 2016) The success of Brazil’s latest privatization push remains to be seen. Wall Street Journal(Dec 24, 2016) n changing something from state to private ownership or control Syn|Ant|Hyper denationalisation, denationalization, privatisation communisation, communization, nationalisation, nationalization changing something from private to state ownership or control social control control exerted (actively or passively) by group action |
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