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reprivatize en · VERB

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Old French re-bor. Middle English re- English re- English private 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 English privatize English reprivatize From re- + privatize.

Meanings

1. (transitive) 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) […] 1988 December 4, Scott Bravmann, “Lesbian/Gay Visibility (Or T-Shirt Terrorism)”, in Gay Community News, volume 16, number 21, page 5:
2. (transitive) 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. 2009 March 1, Tyler Cowen, “Message to Regulators: Bank Fix Needed Quickly”, in New York Times:

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