renationalisation

A form of renationalization — A nationalization of something which had previously been nationalized and then privatized.

OriginEnglish nationalisation ← Middle English re- ← Old French re- →
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Meanings

nounrenationalisation (plural renationalisations)

plural renationalisations

  1. UKnonstandardNon-Oxford British English standard spelling of renationalization.

    Ministers have been ready to point out that the policy of renationalisation is popular, as it was backed by three out of every four people in a survey.

    2025 September 3, Christian Wolmar, “What should be in the government's Railways Bill?”, in RAIL, number 1043, page 28

Origin

  1. Proto-Italic*wre-
  2. Latinre-
  3. Old Frenchre-
  4. Middle Englishre-
  5. Englishre-
  6. Englishnationalisation
  7. Englishrenationalisation

From re- + nationalisation.

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APA

renationalisation. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/renationalisation

MLA

“renationalisation.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/renationalisation. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “renationalisation,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/renationalisation.

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