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privatizations

privatizations is the plural of privatization.

Meaning of privatization

Noun

privatization (countable and uncountable, plural privatizations)

  1. (British, English, Oxford, US) The transfer of a company or organization from government to private ownership and control.
    • Coordinate term: denationalization
  2. (British, English, Oxford, US, uncommon) 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

Questions about privatizations

What is privatizations the plural of?
Privatizations is the plural of privatization.

Words near privatizations in the dictionary

  1. privatively
  2. privativeness
  3. privatives
  4. privatizable
  5. privatization
  6. privatizations
  7. privatize
  8. privatized
  9. privatizer
  10. privatizers
  11. privatizes

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