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🏛️ To return to state 🛂 To restore citizenship
to renationalize

to renationalize

8.4
To give a person back their citizenship after it was taken away
  • verb
  • /ˌriːˈnæʃənəˌlaɪz/
  • Formal
translation icon : renacionalizar
  • The government decided to renationalize the citizenship of those who lost it.

Examples

  • She was relieved when the authorities agreed to renationalize her after years of being stateless.

  • After the law changed, many people applied to renationalize and regain their former nationality.

  • The government decided to renationalize individuals who had lost their citizenship decades ago.

  • After many years, she finally renationalized her citizenship.

  • The government decided to renationalize individuals who had lost their citizenship decades ago.

  • After the law changed, many people applied to renationalize and regain their former nationality.

  • She was relieved when the authorities agreed to renationalize her after years of being stateless.

Antonyms

denaturalization
  • Specialized
9.4

Taking away someone's citizenship by law

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

Morphologically it's re- + nationalize (nation + -al + -ize), but applying 'nationalize' to restore individual citizenship is a less frequent/extended use, so learners may not automatically infer this specific meaning.

Etymology

Renationalize is built from re- ('again') and national ('of the nation' or country). So to renationalize a person is to give them back their 'citizenship' or nationality, making them part of the country again.