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denationalizing

denationalizing is the present participle and gerund of denationalize.

Meaning of denationalize

Verb

denationalize (third-person singular simple present denationalizes, present participle denationalizing, simple past and past participle denationalized)

  1. (British, English, Oxford, US, transitive) To transfer the control and ownership of an industry from government to private hands; to privatize.
  2. (British, English, Oxford, US, transitive) To strip of nationhood; to cease to recognise, or allow to exist, as a nation.
    • Doubtless, in thus denationalizing the Tahitians, as it were, the missionaries were prompted by a sincere desire for good; […]1847 March 30, Herman Melville, Omoo: A Narrative of Adventures in the South Seas; […], London: John Murray, […], →OCLC

Questions about denationalizing

What is denationalizing the present participle and gerund of?
Denationalizing is the present participle and gerund of denationalize.

Words near denationalizing in the dictionary

  1. denationalize
  2. denationalized
  3. denationalizer
  4. denationalizers
  5. denationalizes
  6. denationalizing
  7. denatonium
  8. denatonium benzoate
  9. denatonium saccharide
  10. denaturability
  11. denaturable

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