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Noun: denationalization  ,dee,nash(-u)-nu-lu'zey-shun [N. Amer], ,dee,nash(-u)-nu-lI'zey-shun [Brit]
  1. 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