Dictionary

corporatization en · NOUN

Etymology

Etymology tree English corporate Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor. Late Latin -izōder. Middle French -iserbor. Middle English -isen English -ize Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin -ātiōlbor. Old French -ationbor. Middle English -acioun English -ation English -ization English corporatization From corporate + -ization.

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) The process of transforming state assets, government agencies, or municipal organizations into publicly-owned corporations
2. (countable, uncountable) The imposition of corporate values or practices; commercialization.
   • No question—the enterprise was guilty of poor wordplay and naked corporatisation. 2023 September 19, Zoe Williams, “Corporation creep: why London’s Bond Street became Burberry Street - and caused outrage”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:

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corporatize