1. Changing something from private to state ownership or control
   "The nationalisation of key industries was a controversial policy";
   - nationalization, communization, communisation [Brit]
    
2. The action of rendering national in character
   "The nationalisation of the curriculum aimed to create a unified educational standard";
   - nationalization
    
3. The action of forming or becoming a nation
   "The nationalisation of former colonies led to the creation of new independent states";
   - nationalization

Derived forms: nationalisations

Type of: change, group action, social control

Encyclopedia: Nationalisation