nationalization
- noun
- /ˌnæʃənəlaɪˈzeɪʃən/
- US
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nacionalización
- (n35) Congolese identity is a moving force that has been, and continues to be, reframed by the nationalization of political space.
Examples
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Crane clarified this concept of religious nationalization: "The message is to the nation, and to the individual first and foremost as a citizen; if he is to serve his nation as a citizen, he will need conversion and consecration himself, and the appeal to individuals will be not less strong, but rather stronger, because it is through his national and social responsibility that the appeal will come."
Academic text (2002) -
To recover Partition as a moment of nationalization remains a deeply contested task.
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Ethnicization was thus partially a process of nationalization.
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Zamindar asks us to "stretch" our understanding of Partition and include the very ways in which the nationalization of identities became, for some individuals, interminable.
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However, despite their global perspective, they have been no more reliable than other students of international relations in predicting "big events" such as the collapse of Soviet power and the "ethnicization" and "nationalization" of conflict in its sphere of interest.
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More recent developments, like the creation of free zones to set up export-assembly plants and to store imports while import licensing and nationalization processes are concluded, have also facilitated contraband that can be brought into these zones and then smuggled out of them.
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The nationalization of education allowed the government to provide equal opportunities for all citizens.
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In recent years, the nationalization of public transport has improved accessibility for residents in the city.
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The proposed nationalization of the oil industry sparked a debate about the role of government in the economy.
Synonyms
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A country becoming independent from rule by another country
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Surface Forms
Morphology
nationalization = nationalize (semi-transparent) = nation + al + ize + ation
Morphologically regular (nation -> national -> nationalize -> nationalization) but the sense 'forming or becoming a nation' is less central to typical modern uses, so learners may be uncertain.
Etymology
Nationalization comes from nation ('people born in the same place') with -ize and -ation, so it can also mean the process of becoming a nation. That is why historians talk about nationalization when regions, languages, and laws come together to form one country.