Definition of Denationalize
De`na´tion`al`ize
v. t.
1.
To
divest
or
deprive
of
national
character
or
rights
.
[
imp
. &
p
.
p
.
Denationalized
;
p
.
pr
. &
vb
.
n
.
Denationalizing
.]
Bonaparte
'
s
decree
denationalizes
,
as
he
calls
it
,
all
ships
that
have
touched
at
a
British
port
.
- Cobbett.
An
expatriated
,
denationalized
race
.
- G. Eliot.
2.
to
change
(
something
,
as
an
industry
or
business
)
from
state
to
private
ownership
or
control
;
as
,
the
British
denationalization
of
steel
.
Related Words
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
nationalize
,
privatise
,
privatize
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