denationalize

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English

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] French dénationaliser

Pronunciation

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Verb

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  1. (transitive) To transfer the control and ownership of an industry from government to private hands; to privatize.
  2. (transitive) To strip of nationhood; to cease to recognise, or allow to exist, as a nation.
    • 1933, John T Tucker, Angola, the land of the blacksmith prince:
      What does signify, however, is the assumption that evangelical missions introduce or maintain an alien culture and that they denationalize.

Translations

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