Nationalisation

Alternative forms

• nationalization American

Origin

national + -isation

Full definition of nationalisation

Noun

1. Act of taking formerly private assets into public or state ownership.
2. 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) patriotization

Antonyms

• privatisation, privatization

Derived terms

• renationalisation