Privatisation

noun

noun ·5 syllables ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of privatization. UK, alt-of, countable, nonstandard, uncountable

    "Some people have argued that it is our membership of the European Union which helped create the messy privatisation and everything that ensued. However, this is not the case. As mentioned above, it was the Conservative government which devised the complex structure of privatisation that emphasised the separation far beyond what was needed to follow EU rules."

  2. 2
    changing something from state to private ownership or control wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms
denationalisationdenationalizationdenationalizationprivatization

Example

More examples

"Many believe that the NHS is being deliberately run down as a way to speed up further privatisation."

Etymology

From privatise + -ation.

More for "privatisation"

SynonymsSentencesPronunciationTranslate

Next best steps

Find stronger synonymsSee usage examplesCheck pronunciationBrowse writing guides

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.