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Nationalization

The act or process of nationalising:

📖 Definitions of "Nationalization"

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The act or process of nationalising:

🔄 Synonyms of "Nationalization"

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Word	Definition
nationalisationnoun	The act of taking formerly private assets into public or state ownership.

↔️ Antonyms of "Nationalization"

Words with the opposite meaning.

Word	Definition
denationalizationnoun	The act or process of denationalizing, of removing from government control.
denationalisationnoun	Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of denationalization. [The act or process of denationalizing, of removing from government control.]

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Nationalization"

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Word	Definition
nationalisationnoun	The act of taking formerly private assets into public or state ownership.
naturalizationnoun	The action of naturalizing somebody; act of granting citizenship.
naturalisationnoun	Alternative spelling of naturalization. [The action of naturalizing somebody; act of granting citizenship.]
socialisationnoun	Alternative spelling of socialization. [(sociology, psychology) The process of learning how to live in a way acceptable to one's own society, said especially about children.]
resettlementnoun	The transportation of a group of people to a new settlement.
railwaynoun	(chiefly UK, Ireland and Commonwealth) A transport system using rails used to move passengers or goods.
socializationnoun	The act of interacting with others, of being social.
expropriationnoun	The act of expropriating; the surrender of a claim to private property without material compensation; the act of depriving oneself of private propriety rights.
publicizationnoun	The act of publicizing
municipalizationnoun	(economics) The transfer of corporations or other assets to municipal ownership.
collectivizationnoun	(especially in communist states) The process of abolishing privately-owned farmland organizing all its workers into large, publicly-owned collectives.
commandeeringnoun	The act of commandeering; seizure.
renationalizationnoun	A nationalization of something which had previously been nationalized and then privatized.
sequestrationnoun	The process or act of sequestering; a putting aside or separating.
requisitionnoun	A formal request for something.
appropriationnoun	An act or instance of appropriating.
anglicizationnoun	American spelling and Oxford British English standard spelling of anglicisation.
zonalizationnoun	US and Oxford British English standard spelling of zonalisation.
neocolonisationnoun	Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of neocolonization. [The conversion of something into a neocolony.]
westernisationnoun	Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of westernization. [The process of assimilation, by a society, of the customs and practices of western culture.]