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Nationalized vs Rationalized - What's the difference?

nationalized | rationalized |

As verbs the difference between nationalized and rationalized

is that nationalized is (nationalize) while rationalized is (rationalize).

nationalized

English

Verb

(head)
  • (nationalize)

  • nationalize

    Alternative forms

    * nationalise (non-Oxford British spelling)

    Verb

    (en-verb)
  • (rare) To make into, or to become, a nation.
  • * 1910 , History for Ready Reference from the Best Historians , page 316:
  • Probably no Hindu who could make intelligent use of political freedom ever dreams of the present possibility of a nationalized India,
  • 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.
  • Derived terms

    * (l)

    Antonyms

    * (l)

    rationalized

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (rationalize)

  • rationalize

    Alternative forms

    * (l) (UK et al)

    Verb

    (rationaliz)
  • To make something rational or more rational.
  • To justify an immoral act, or illogical behaviour. “The process of thought by which one justifies a discreditable act, and by which one offers to oneself and the world a better motive for one's action than the true motive”
  • (mathematics) To remove radicals, without changing the value of an expression or the roots of an equation.
  • To structure something along modern, efficient and systematic lines, or according to scientific principles.
  • Derived terms

    * (l), (l)

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