Found 2 items, similar to Denationalize.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: denationalize denationalize v : put under private control or ownership; “The steel industry was denationalized” [syn: denationalise] [ant: nationalize, nationalize]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Denationalize Denationalize \De*na"tion*al*ize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Denationalized; p. pr. & vb. n. Denationalizing.] [Cf. F. d['e]nationaliser.] 1. To divest or deprive of national character or rights. [1913 Webster] Bonaparte's decree denationalizes, as he calls it, all ships that have touched at a British port. --Cobbett. [1913 Webster] An expatriated, denationalized race. --G. Eliot. [1913 Webster] 2. to change (something, as an industry or business) from state to private ownership or control; as, the British denationalization of steel. Syn: privatize, denationalise. [WordNet 1.5]