denationalize
verb (used with object)
to remove (an industry or the like) from government ownership or control.
denationalise
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a variation of
denationalize.
Example Sentences
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These new influences helped to denationalise Roman thought and literature, to make the individual more conscious of himself, and to stimulate the passions and pleasures of private life.
From The Roman Poets of the Republic by W. Y. Sellar
The rash attempt of Joseph II. to denationalise the Magyar and to Germanise Hungary by imperial edicts had a violent reactionary result.
From Round About the Carpathians by Andrew F. Crosse
If circumstances force you to denationalise a certain part of your country, you must give the loyal inhabitants an opportunity to leave, and as far as possible must not allow their material interests to suffer.
From The Adventure of Living : a Subjective Autobiography by John St. Loe Strachey
It was considered as a part of the policy, foreshadowed in Lord Durham's report, to denationalise, if possible, the French Canadian province.
From Canada under British Rule 1760-1900 by Sir John George Bourinot
A wise European, who has the real welfare of the people at heart, will never encourage such an objectionable line of conduct, because it is per se calculated to denationalise.
From The Hindoos as they Are A Description of the Manners, Customs and the Inner Life of Hindoo Society in Bengal by Shib Chunder Bose
