corporatization

American  

[kawr-per-uh-tahyz-ay-shuhn, kawr-pruh-tahyz-ay-shuhn] / ˈkɔr pər əˌtaɪz eɪ ʃən, ˈkɔr prəˌtaɪz eɪ ʃən /

noun

corporatizations plural

1. the process of transforming a government-owned organization or asset into a corporation, where the government is a majority shareholder.

2. the process of introducing practices characteristic of corporations.

3. the process by which an activity or institution becomes organized or operated with a corporate or profit-driven model.

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Other Word Forms

Derived Forms

• de-corporatization
  noun
• over-corporatization
  noun
• anti-corporatization
  adjective

Inflected Forms

Nouns

• corporatizations
  plural

Example Sentences

See Examples For:

corporatization

The result “elated” Oregonians opposed to the corporatization of healthcare, said Hayden Rooke-Ley, a Portland-based senior fellow at the Brown University School of Public Health who advises states—including Oregon—on how to combat corporate medicine.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 14, 2026

That all makes sense on one level, but Angela Huffman, head of Farm Action—a nonprofit that campaigns against the corporatization of the food system—believes there’s something fishier going on.

From Slate ● Apr. 18, 2025

This is due to a number of converging factors, among them: more expensive drugs and vaccines, the rising cost of staffing vet offices and the ongoing corporatization of independent veterinary practices.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2024

But the origins of the agroecology movement in the Global South and its resistance to corporatization, mean it is often marginalized.

From Salon ● May 9, 2023

But he also worries about the corporatization of American medicine and being pushed by administrators to work faster with fewer resources, compromising the mission of providing quality care for society’s most vulnerable.

From Washington Post ● Mar. 17, 2023