nationalization

noun

na·​tion·​al·​iza·​tion

variants also British nationalisation

ˌnashənᵊlə̇ˈzāshən, 

-shnələ̇ˈ-, 

ˌnaash-, 

ˌnaish-, 

-ᵊlˌīˈ-, 

-nəˌlīˈ-

plural -s

: the action or process of nationalizing : the state of being nationalized

the nationalization of culture, taste, mind

—P. W. Kurtz

a bill proposing the nationalization of mines

—C. W. A. Veditz

the Bolsheviks … decreed immediate nationalization and distribution of all the land

—M. W. Straight

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