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nationalize
[nash-uh-nl-ahyz, nash-nuh-lahyz]
verb (used with object)
to bring under the ownership or control of a nation, as industries and land.
a movement to nationalize the oil industry.
to make into a nation.
to naturalize.
to make national in extent or scope.
a magazine article that nationalized a local problem.
verb (used without object)
to become nationalized or naturalized.
Those who remain in the country must nationalize.
nationalize
/ ˈnæʃnə-, ˈnæʃənəˌlaɪz /
verb
to put (an industry, resources, etc) under state control or ownership
to make national in scope, character, or status
a less common word for naturalize
Other Word Forms
- nationalization noun
- nationalizer noun
- antinationalization adjective
- nonnationalization noun
- overnationalization noun
- overnationalize verb (used with object)
- renationalization noun
- renationalize verb
- seminationalized adjective
- unnationalized adjective
Word History and Origins
Origin of nationalize1
Example Sentences
“Slaveholders were eager to get that case before Taney, because that would have nationalized slavery,” Waite said.
In the meantime, he’s also trying to nationalize industries.
“There’s a kind of sense of local accountability, and as news becomes nationalized and even internationalized, there’s a loss there.”
Chemerinsky said invoking the Insurrection Act and nationalizing a state’s National Guard has been reserved for extreme circumstances in which there are no other alternatives to maintain the peace.
The roots of his presidential campaign date to 1987, when amid a spiraling economic crisis, the Peruvian government proposed nationalizing banks.
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