nationalisation

== English == === Alternative forms === nationalization (US, Oxford British English) === Etymology === From French nationalisation. By surface analysis, nationalise +‎ -ation. === Pronunciation === === Noun === nationalisation (countable and uncountable, plural nationalisations) (non-Oxford British English) The act or process of nationalising: The act or process of making or becoming a nation. The act of taking formerly private assets into public or state ownership. The act of becoming nationalistic. 2006, Catherine Davies, Claire Brewster, Hilary Owen, South American Independence, page 185: […] study of the legacy of classical republican patriotism through to the nationalisation of patriotism […] (politics) The process of losing local and regional variation and becoming national in character and scope. ==== Synonyms ==== (becoming nationalistic): patriotisation ==== Antonyms ==== privatisation, privatization ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== nationalise ==== Translations ==== == French == === Etymology === From nationaliser +‎ -ation. === Pronunciation === === Noun === nationalisation f (plural nationalisations) nationalization === Further reading === “nationalisation”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012