privatisation
privatisation is the non-Oxford British English standard spelling of privatization.
Meaning of privatization
Noun
privatization (countable and uncountable, plural privatizations)
- The transfer of a company or organization from government to private ownership and control.
- Coordinate term: denationalization
- The rendering of a thought or an idea, as private in scope.
- Questioning the privilege of biology went hand in hand with a challenge to the privatization of the family and the notion that parents own children and may therefore treat them however they choose.1988 February 14, Laurie Sherman, “All In A Day's Work”, in Gay Community News, volume 15, number 30, page 7
Forms of privatisation
| plural | privatisations |
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Origin of privatisation
From privatise + -ation.
Words formed from privatisation
Words that rhyme with privatisation
- station
- collation
- accommodation
- presentation
- derivation
- information
- modulation
- translation
- application
- fixation
- generation
- orientation
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- citation
- combination
- communication
- conjugation
- constellation
- determination
- elevation
- operation
- relation
- reservation
- alternation
- condensation
- conversation
- deviation
- excavation
- foliation
- formation
- foundation
- incarnation
- interpretation
- representation
- retardation
- speculation
- termination
- abbreviation
- adaptation
- articulation
- bifurcation
- concentration
- congregation
- declination
- degradation
- expectation
- extenuation
- gradation
- observation
- population
- preparation
- reconciliation
- rotation
- separation
- situation
- vexation
- vindication
- accumulation
- administration
- aggregation
- appropriation
Questions about privatisation
- What is privatisation the non-Oxford British English standard spelling of?
- Privatisation is the non-Oxford British English standard spelling of privatization.
Words near privatisation in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: privatisation (page history and authors); privatization (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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