Meanings
present singular third person denationalizes · participle present denationalizing · participle past denationalized · past denationalized · alternative denationalise
- BritishEnglishOxfordUStransitiveTo strip of nationhood; to cease to recognise, or allow to exist, as a nation.
Doubtless, in thus denationalizing the Tahitians, as it were, the missionaries were prompted by a sincere desire for good; […]
1847 March 30, Herman Melville, Omoo: A Narrative of Adventures in the South Seas; […], London: John Murray, […], →OCLC1 more example
What does signify, however, is the assumption that evangelical missions introduce or maintain an alien culture and that they denationalize.
1933, John T. Tucker, Angola, the land of the blacksmith prince
Synonyms & antonyms
verbput under private control or ownership
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Frenchdénationaliser
- Englishdenationalize
From French dénationaliser, equivalent to de- + nationalize.
More words from French
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Danish denationalisere
- denationalisereprivatize
French dénationaliser
- dénationaliserprivatize
German entstaatlichen
- entstaatlichenprivatize
Greek αποκρατικοποιώ
- αποκρατικοποιώ (apokratikopoió)privatize
Italian denazionalizzare, privatizzare
- denazionalizzareprivatize
- privatizzareprivatize
Polish wynaradawiać, wynarodawiać
- wynaradawiaćprivatize
- wynarodawiaćprivatize
- wynarodowićprivatize
Russian денационализи́ровать
- денационализи́ровать (denacionalizírovatʹ)privatize
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denationalize. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/denationalize
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