nationalize

[ nash-uh-nl-ahyz, nash-nuh-lahyz ]

verb (used with object)

, na·tion·al·ized, na·tion·al·iz·ing.

1. to bring under the ownership or control of a nation, as industries and land:

   a movement to nationalize the oil industry.

2. to make into a nation.
3. to naturalize.
4. to make national in extent or scope:

   a magazine article that nationalized a local problem.

verb (used without object)

, na·tion·al·ized, na·tion·al·iz·ing.

1. to become nationalized or naturalized:

   Those who remain in the country must nationalize.

nationalize

/ ˈnæʃnə-; ˈnæʃənəˌlaɪz /

verb

1. to put (an industry, resources, etc) under state control or ownership
2. to make national in scope, character, or status
3. a less common word for naturalize

Derived Forms

• ˌnationaliˈzation, noun

Other Words From

• nation·al·i·zation noun
• nation·al·izer noun
• anti·nation·al·i·zation adjective
• nonna·tion·al·i·zation noun
• over·nation·al·i·zation noun
• over·nation·al·ize verb (used with object) overnationalized overnationalizing
• re·nation·al·i·zation noun
• re·nation·al·ize verb renationalized renationalizing
• semi·nation·al·ized adjective
• un·nation·al·ized adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of nationalize¹

First recorded in 1790–1800; national + -ize

Example Sentences

The age of social media, cable news and nationalized congressional politics has also allowed a variety of other actors to lead the party symbolically and advance its agenda on cultural and economic issues.

From FiveThirtyEight

Yermak, the presidential chief of staff, says the government intends to nationalize Motor Sich and keep it under state control.

From Time

For nearly a century, liberals and progressives have believed that we can only solve our problems by nationalizing them, and there was much evidence to support this view.

From Washington Post

Conversely, fundraising — which the Classic model relies upon fairly heavily — may be a misleading metric in a world in which races are highly nationalized and a high fundraising total doesn’t necessarily indicate an abundance of local support.

From FiveThirtyEight

The Federal Reserve provided $9 trillion of emergency loans to banks, and nationalized the nation’s largest insurance company, AIG.

From Time

Democrats have been anxious not to nationalize the election as a referendum on President Obama.

From The Daily Beast

The goal is to nationalize the race around Obama, whose approval rating in Kansas is just 33 percent.

From The Daily Beast

The effort will be to quasi-nationalize what happened in Colorado then.

From The Daily Beast

As a result, her biggest strength, even some Republicans here concede, is her ability to nationalize the contest at every turn.

From The Daily Beast

They do not want to demonize undocumented workers, nationalize the Arizona immigration law, or kill the Dream Act.

From The Daily Beast

A definite proposal to nationalize the railway systems of the Dominion of Canada was made during the war.

From Project Gutenberg

Their features were not easy to distinguish; when the Bolshevists assume dominion over us they will not nationalize our soap.

From Project Gutenberg

In view of the need of rapid development of mining by Chinese, it would probably be unwise to nationalize all mines here and now.

From Project Gutenberg

Even if fairly carried out, that policy is just as certain to nationalize slavery as the doctrine of Jeff Davis himself.

From Project Gutenberg

He never was in favor of any nor opposed to any, till the present one, which helps to nationalize slavery.

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