Dictionary

nationalisation en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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Etymology

From French nationalisation. By surface analysis, nationalise + -ation.

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) The act or process of nationalising: ▸ The act or process of making or becoming a nation.
   • the nationalisation of India
2. (countable, uncountable) The act or process of nationalising: ▸ The act of taking formerly private assets into public or state ownership.
   • However the Labour Party and rail unions regard the move as a step closer to full nationalisation. TSSA General Secretary Manuel Cortes said: "The ONS has candidly exposed the truth about our railways. They are now in public ownership. Grant Shapps must now take direct control of running them, rather than continue to line the pockets of privateers." 2020 August 12, Paul Clifton, “Network News: Rail passenger services nationalised in all but name”, in Rail, page 6:
   • Despite criticisms which were made of the Railway Executive, it must be recalled that the general framework of the new railway set-up was established by statute, while this form of organisation was particularly well adapted for carrying out the unification of the railways—a very different thing from the purely political act of nationalisation, but an essential part of the objective of nationalisation. 1958 January 14, 'Borderer', “Ten Years of British Railways”, in Railway Magazine, page 13:
3. (countable, uncountable) The act or process of nationalising: ▸ The act of becoming nationalistic.
   • […] study of the legacy of classical republican patriotism through to the nationalisation of patriotism […] 2006, Catherine Davies, Claire Brewster, Hilary Owen, South American Independence, page 185
4. (countable, uncountable) The act or process of nationalising: ▸ The process of losing local and regional variation and becoming national in character and scope.

Forms

Antonyms

privatization · privatisation

Deriveds

renationalisation · denationalisation

Relateds

nationalise

Synonyms

patriotisation (becoming nationalistic)

Translations (73)

nl nationalisering (making private assets public) · pt nacionalização (making private assets public) · kk ұлттандыру (making private assets public) · sk nacionalizácia (making private assets public) · it nazionalizzazione (making private assets public) · ar تَأْمِيم (making private assets public) · cy cenedlaetholiad (making private assets public) · tr kamulaştırma (making private assets public) · nl nationalisatie (making private assets public) · ca estatització (making private assets public) · lv nacionalizācija (making private assets public) · cs nacionalizace (making private assets public) · id nasionalisasi (making private assets public) · et riigistamine (making private assets public) · uk націоналіза́ція (making private assets public) · da nationalisering (making private assets public) · ko 국유화 (making private assets public) · sl nacionalizacija (making private assets public) · tg милликунонӣ (making private assets public) · he הַלְאָמָה (making private assets public) · sw utaifishaji (making private assets public) · cy gwladoliad (making private assets public) · ka ნაციონალიზაცია (making private assets public) · ja 国有化 (making private assets public) · eo ŝtatigo (making private assets public) · lt nacionalizacija (making private assets public) · ro naționalizare (making private assets public) · es estatización (making private assets public) · ms pemiliknegaraan (making private assets public) · nl naasting (making private assets public) · hy ազգայնացում (making private assets public) · uz natsionalizatsiya (making private assets public) · de Nationalisierung (making private assets public) · sk znárodnenie (making private assets public) · mk национализација (making private assets public) · hu államosítás (making private assets public) · fi kansallistaminen (making private assets public) · sh национализа́ција (making private assets public) · cs znárodnění (making private assets public) · sv förstatligande (making private assets public) · sh nacionalizácija (making private assets public) · kk мемлекеттендіру (making private assets public) · be нацыяналіза́цыя (making private assets public) · pl nacjonalizacja (making private assets public) · ug دۆلەت ئىگىلىكىگە ئۆتكۈزۈش (making private assets public) · ur قَومیانا (making private assets public) · bg национализа́ция (making private assets public) · ca nacionalització (making private assets public) · ky улутташтырма (making private assets public) · fr nationalisation (making private assets public) · nb nasjonalisering (making private assets public) · is þjóðnýting (making private assets public) · gl estatalización (making private assets public) · el εθνικοποίηση (making private assets public) · af nasionalisering (making private assets public) · uz milliylashtirish (making private assets public) · sq nacionalizim (making private assets public) · hi राष्ट्रीयकरण (making private assets public) · fa مِلّیسازی (making private assets public) · vi quốc hữu hoá (making private assets public) · ug دۆلەتلەشتۈرۈش (making private assets public) · tg миллисозӣ (making private assets public) · tr istimlak (making private assets public) · cmn 國有化 /国有化 (making private assets public) · oc nacionalizacion (making private assets public) · ru национализа́ция (making private assets public) · ms nasionalisasi (making private assets public) · gl nacionalización (making private assets public) · az milliləşdirmə (making private assets public) · tl nasyonalisasyon (making private assets public) · de Verstaatlichung (making private assets public) · cy nasiynoliad (making private assets public) · es nacionalización (making private assets public)