Meanings
plural privatisations
- UKcountablenonstandarduncountableNon-Oxford British English standard spelling of privatization.
1 more example
Some people have argued that it is our membership of the European Union which helped create the messy privatisation and everything that ensued. However, this is not the case. As mentioned above, it was the Conservative government which devised the complex structure of privatisation that emphasised the separation far beyond what was needed to follow EU rules.
2019 October 23, Christian Wolmar, “It's not the EU's fault that privatisation has broken down”, in Rail, page 49
Synonyms & antonyms
nounchanging something from state to private ownership or control
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*per-
- Proto-Italic*prei
- Proto-Italic*preiwos
- Latinprīvus
- Latinprīvō
- Latinprīvātus
- Middle Englishprivat(e)
- Englishprivate
- Englishprivatise
- Englishprivatisation
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with privatisation
Cite this entry
privatisation. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/privatisation
“privatisation.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/privatisation. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “privatisation,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/privatisation.
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