Reprivatize

verb

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Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To make something private again.

    "At a time when our communities are being increasingly attacked, when sexuality is being forcefully "reprivatized" (or at least hidden from view) […]"

  2. 2
    To make something private again.; To privatize a company that was previously nationalized

    "Many analysts cite Swedish bank nationalization, from the early 1990s, as a model, because the Swedes later reprivatized these banks and resumed economic growth."

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"At a time when our communities are being increasingly attacked, when sexuality is being forcefully "reprivatized" (or at least hidden from view) […]"

Etymology

From re- + privatize.

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