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to renationalize

to renationalize

1 7.7
To bring a company or service back under government ownership after it became private
  • verb
  • /ˌriːˈnæʃənəˌlaɪz/
  • US
translation icon : renacionalizar
  • effectively renationalize

Examples

  • We need Britain desperately, desperately needs, I forget, renationalising the economy.

  • To a question on which privatized companies he would renationalize, Cardenas again adeptly turns the tables: "The first thing I would do is privatize the media."

    Academic text (1990)

  • The government plans to renationalize the railways to improve public transport services.

  • After years of privatization, there is now a movement to renationalize key industries for national security.

  • Many citizens believe that the best way to revitalize the healthcare system is to renationalize the hospitals.

Synonyms

to nationalize
vsto renationalize
  • Specialized
25 6.8

To bring an industry or company under government control

refers to returning an asset to government ownership after privatization

Antonyms

to privatize
  • US
61 6.4

To move a government business or service to private companies

How Public

to renationalize
  • US
1 7.7
to nationalize
  • Specialized
25 6.8
to privatize
  • US
61 6.4

Surface Forms

renationalize infinitive
renationalized past
renationalized past participle
renationalizing present participle
renationalizes third person singular

Morphology

renationalize = nationalize (semi-transparent) = re + nation + al + ize

The prefix 're-' straightforwardly adds the meaning of doing the action again or bringing it back to a previous state.

Etymology

Renationalize is built from re- ('again') and national ('of the nation' or country). So to renationalize a company or service is to make it 'belong to the country' again and return it to government ownership and control.