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Noun: denationalisation  ,dee,nash(-u)-nu-lI'zey-shun
Usage: Brit (N. Amer: denationalization)
  1. Changing something from state to private ownership or control
    "The denationalisation of the railway system was a controversial decision";
    - denationalization, privatization, privatisation [Brit]

Derived forms: denationalisations

Type of: social control

Antonym: communisation [Brit]

Encyclopedia: Denationalisation