noun ·6 syllables ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   American and Oxford British English standard spelling of nationalisation. countable, uncountable
2. 2
   changing something from private to state ownership or control wordnet
3. 3
   the action of rendering national in character wordnet
4. 4
   the action of forming or becoming a nation wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms

acculturationadmissionadoptionaffiliationamericanizationangary

Antonyms

All antonyms

denationalizationprivatization

Etymology

From national + -ization.

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