1 definition found From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Denationalize \De*na"tion*al*ize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Denationalized}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Denationalizing}.] [Cf. F. d['e]nationaliser.] 1. To divest or deprive of national character or rights. [1913 Webster] Bonaparte's decree denationalizes, as he calls it, all ships that have touched at a British port. --Cobbett. [1913 Webster] An expatriated, denationalized race. --G. Eliot. [1913 Webster] 2. to change (something, as an industry or business) from state to private ownership or control; as, the British denationalization of steel. Syn: privatize, denationalise. [WordNet 1.5]
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