Associations to the word «Nationalization»

Wiktionary

NATIONALIZATION, noun. American spelling and Oxford British spelling standard spelling of nationalisation.

Dictionary definition

NATIONALIZATION, noun. The action of forming or becoming a nation.
NATIONALIZATION, noun. The action of rendering national in character.
NATIONALIZATION, noun. Changing something from private to state ownership or control.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats