Nationalize vs Deprivatize - What's the difference?
nationalize | deprivatize | Synonyms |
(rare) To make into, or to become, a nation.
* 1910 , History for Ready Reference from the Best Historians , page 316:
To bring a private company under the control of a specific government.
To bring a concept such as a political issue or commercial campaign to the attention of the entire country.
(archaic) To make national; to make a nation of; to endow with the character and habits of a nation, or the peculiar sentiments and attachment of citizens of a nation.
To strip the privacy from; to make public.
(business) To transfer from the private sector to the public sector.
Nationalize is a synonym of deprivatize.
As verbs the difference between nationalize and deprivatize
is that nationalize is (rare) to make into, or to become, a nation while deprivatize is to strip the privacy from; to make public.nationalize
English
(wikipedia nationalize)Alternative forms
* nationalise (non-Oxford British spelling)Verb
(en-verb)- Probably no Hindu who could make intelligent use of political freedom ever dreams of the present possibility of a nationalized India,