English

Alternative forms

• nationalization (American and Oxford British spelling)

Noun

nationalisation ‎(plural nationalisations)

1. The act or process of nationalising:
   1. The act or process of making or becoming a nation.

      the nationalisation of India

   2. The act of taking formerly private assets into public or state ownership.
   3. The act of becoming nationalistic.
      • 2006, Catherine Davies, ‎Claire Brewster, ‎Hilary Owen, South American Independence, page 185:

        […] study of the legacy of classical republican patriotism through to the nationalisation of patriotism […]

Synonyms

• (becoming nationalistic): patriotisation

Antonyms

• privatisation, privatization

Related terms

• nationalise

Derived terms

• renationalisation

Translations

French

Etymology

nationaliser +‎ -ation

Noun

nationalisation f ‎(plural nationalisations)

1. nationalization