English noun: nationalization | |||
1. | nationalization (act) the action of forming or becoming a nation | ||
Synonyms | nationalisation | ||
Broader (hypernym) | group action | ||
2. | nationalization (act) the action of rendering national in character | ||
Synonyms | nationalisation | ||
Broader (hypernym) | change | ||
3. | nationalization (act) changing something from private to state ownership or control | ||
Synonyms | communisation, communization, nationalisation | ||
Broader (hypernym) | social control | ||
Antonyms | denationalisation, denationalization, privatisation, privatization | ||