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