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reprivatizing

reprivatizing is the present participle and gerund of reprivatize.

Meaning of reprivatize

Verb

reprivatize (third-person singular simple present reprivatizes, present participle reprivatizing, simple past and past participle reprivatized)

  1. (transitive) To make something private again.
    • At a time when our communities are being increasingly attacked, when sexuality is being forcefully "reprivatized" (or at least hidden from view) […]1988 December 4, Scott Bravmann, “Lesbian/Gay Visibility (Or T-Shirt Terrorism)”, in Gay Community News, volume 16, number 21, page 5
    1. (transitive) To privatize a company that was previously nationalized
      • Many analysts cite Swedish bank nationalization, from the early 1990s, as a model, because the Swedes later reprivatized these banks and resumed economic growth.2009 March 1, Tyler Cowen, “Message to Regulators: Bank Fix Needed Quickly”, in New York Times

Origin of reprivatizing

Probably modeled after reprivatization. Used as early as 1940.

Questions about reprivatizing

What is reprivatizing the present participle and gerund of?
Reprivatizing is the present participle and gerund of reprivatize.

Words near reprivatizing in the dictionary

  1. reprivatization
  2. reprivatizations
  3. reprivatize
  4. reprivatized
  5. reprivatizes
  6. reprivatizing
  7. reprive
  8. reprived
  9. reprives
  10. repriving
  11. reprize

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