corporatization

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noun

The process of transforming state assets, government agencies, or municipal organizations into publicly-owned corporations

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Meanings

nouncorporatization (countable and uncountable, plural corporatizations)

plural corporatizations · alternative corporatisation

  1. countableuncountableThe process of transforming state assets, government agencies, or municipal organizations into publicly-owned corporations
  2. countableuncountableThe 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

Origin

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APA

corporatization. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/corporatization

MLA

“corporatization.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/corporatization. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “corporatization,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/corporatization.

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