Nationalize

Quick meaning: Nationalize is a verb meaning To bring a private company, or an industry comprising such companies, under the control of a specific government.

Meaning

To bring a private company, or an industry comprising such companies, under the control of a specific government.

More Meanings

1. To bring a concept such as a political issue or commercial campaign to the attention of the entire country.
2. (politics) To change from having local and regional variation to being national in character and scope.
3. (rare) To make into, or to become, a nation.
4. (archaic) To make national; to make a nation of; to endow with the character and habits of a nation, or the peculiar sentiments and attachment of citizens of a nation.

Example Sentences

Near-synonym: socialize

The government plans to nationalize the energy industry.

Probably no Hindu who could make intelligent use of political freedom ever dreams of the present possibility of a nationalized India, […]

Word Forms

• nationalizes
• nationalizing
• nationalized
• nationalise

Synonyms for nationalize

Depending on context, synonyms include deprivatize, socialize.

Antonyms for nationalize

Common opposites include denationalize, privatize.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include nationalise, governmentalize, renationalize, governmentalise, continentalize, internationalize.

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