denationalize

 
Pronunciation: /diːˈnaʃ(ə)n(ə)lʌɪz/
(also denationalise)

verb

[with object]
  • 1transfer (a nationalized industry or institution) from public to private ownership: an attempt to denationalize the state monopolies
  • 2deprive (a country or person) of nationality or national characteristics: a state that had been largely denationalized within the European Community (as adjective denationalized) would those denationalized persons reaffirm the need for separate states?

Derivatives

denationalization

Pronunciation: /-ˈzeɪʃ(ə)n/
noun

Origin:

early 19th century (in denationalize (sense 2)): from French dénationaliser (a word of the French Revolution), from dé- (expressing reversal) + nationaliser 'nationalize'