nationalized
nationalized is the simple past and past participle of nationalize.
Meaning of nationalize
Verb
nationalize (third-person singular simple present nationalizes, present participle nationalizing, simple past and past participle nationalized)
- To make into, or to become, a nation.
- Probably no Hindu who could make intelligent use of political freedom ever dreams of the present possibility of a nationalized India, […]1910, History for Ready Reference from the Best Historians, page 316
- To bring a private company, or an industry comprising such companies, under the control of a specific government.
- Near-synonym: socialize
- Synonyms:
- deprivatize, socialize
- Antonyms:
- denationalize, privatize
- To bring a concept such as a political issue or commercial campaign to the attention of the entire country.
- To change from having local and regional variation to being national in character and scope.
- 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.
Words formed from nationalized
Questions about nationalized
- What is nationalized the simple past and past participle of?
- Nationalized is the simple past and past participle of nationalize.
Words near nationalized in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: nationalized (page history and authors); nationalize (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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