corporatization

American  

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

noun

plural

corporatizations

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

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

Example Sentences

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

Our nation is likely to drop further in that ranking as the corporatization of health care accelerates.

From Salon • Sep. 3, 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

Gannett started the march toward corporatization and consolidation in the newspaper industry when it went public in 1967.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 15, 2023

I worry about the increasing corporatization of the internet, where a few companies control not just the content but the infrastructure, which would be the opposite of the ideal of a decentralized Web3.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 16, 2022