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denationalize

[ dee-nash-uh-nl-ahyz ]

verb (used with object)

denationalized, denationalizing.
  1. to remove (an industry or the like) from government ownership or control.
  2. to deprive of national status, attachments, or characteristics.


denationalize

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verb

  1. to return or transfer (an industry, etc) from public to private ownership
  2. to deprive (an individual, people, institution, etc) of national character or nationality
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Derived Forms

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Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms

  • »å±ð·²Ô²¹î€…t¾±´Ç²Ô·²¹±ô·¾±Â·³ú²¹î€ƒt¾±´Ç²Ô noun
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of denationalize1

First recorded in 1800–10; de- + nationalize
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Effectively, it denationalized the issue by letting states go their separate ways.

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When the Republic of Latvia became independent after the fall of the Soviet Union in 1991, property was denationalized and Latvians reclaimed it.

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This is in part a response to the experience of World War II, when Jewish citizens were classified, denationalized and, in many cases, deported to Nazi concentration camps.

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Today, Muslims are the ones denationalized, in some of our laws and in our public perception of Muslims’ rights.

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Thus the appeal of a cosmopolitan, denationalized political ethos that reified the individual over the group.

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