'nationalize' definitions:
Definition of 'nationalize'
(from WordNet)
verb
Put under state control or ownership; "Mitterand nationalized the banks" [syn: nationalize, nationalise] [ant: denationalise, denationalize]
verb
Make national in character or scope; "His heroic deeds were nationalized by the press" [syn: nationalize, nationalise]
Definition of 'nationalize'
From: GCIDE
- nationalize \na"tion*al*ize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Nationalized; p. pr. & vb. n. Nationalizing.] [Cf. F. nationaliser.]
- 1. To make national; to make a nation of; to endow with the character and habits of a nation, or the peculiar sentiments and attachment of citizens of a nation. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To change ownership of (a business, a property) from private ownership to state ownership or control; as, to nationalize the steel industry. [PJC]
Synonyms of 'nationalize'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- annex,
- attach,
- collectivize,
- commandeer,
- communalize,
- communize,
- confiscate,
- democratize,
- distrain,
- expropriate,
- garnish,
- impound,
- impress,
- levy,
- politicize,
- press,
- replevin,
- replevy,
- republicanize,
- sequester,
- sequestrate,
- socialize
Words containing 'nationalize'
- Nation,
- National,
- Nationalism,
- Nationalities,
- Nationality,
- Nationalization,
- Nationalized,
- Nationalizing,
- Nationally,
- Nationalness,
- Comity of nations,
- Five nations,
- Law of nations,
- Lost Nation,
- Martime nations,
- National City,
- National Park,
- National anthem,
- National bank,
- National flag,
- National guard,
- National salute,
- Six Nations,
- across the nation,
- african nation,
- asian nation,
- balkan nation,
- carry nation,
- commonwealth of nations,
- desire of all nations,
- european nation,
- grand national,
- islam nation,
- league of nations,
- nation of islam,
- national assembly,
- national assistance,
- national capital,
- national censorship,
- national debt,
- national holiday,
- national income,
- national insurance,
- national leader,
- national monument,
- national service,
- national socialism,
- national socialist,
- national trust,
- rogue nation,
- scandinavian nation,
- united nations,
- Higher National Diploma,
- Lost Nation, IA,
- National City, CA,
- National Football Conference,
- National Park, NJ,
- acadia national park,
- air national guard,
- arches national park,
- army national guard,
- badlands national park,
- biscayne national park,
- canyonlands national park,
- central american nation,
- denali national park,
- everglades national park,
- gross national product,
- haleakala national park,
- iraqi national congress,
- katmai national park,
- most-favored-nation,
- national academy of sciences,
- national association of realtors,
- national debt ceiling,
- national guard bureau,
- national institute of justice,
- national institutes of health,
- national intelligence community,
- national liberation army,
- national library of medicine,
- national park service,
- national reconnaissance office,
- national rifle association,
- national science foundation,
- national security agency,
- national security council,
- national trading policy,
- national volunteers association,
- national weather service,
- north american nation,
- olympic national park,
- palestine national authority,
- palestinian national authority,
- platt national park,
- redwood national park,
- royal national eisteddfod,
- sequoia national park,
- serengeti national park,
- shenandoah national park,
- south american nation,
- united nations agency,
- united nations day,
- united nations secretariat,
- voyageurs national park,
- yellowstone national park,
- yosemite national park,
- zion national park,
- Federal National Mortgage Association,
- Most-favored-nation clause,
- association of southeast asian nations,
- big bend national park,
- bryce canyon national park,
- capitol reef national park,
- carlsbad caverns national park,
- carry amelia moore nation,
- channel islands national park,
- crater lake national park,
- gates of the arctic national park,
- grand canyon national park,
- grand teton national park,
- guadalupe mountains national park,
- hawaii volcanoes national park,
- hot springs national park,
- irish national liberation army,
- isle royal national park,
- kenai fjords national park,
- kings canyon national park,
- kobuk valley national park,
- lake clark national park,
- lassen volcanic national park,
- mammoth cave national park,
- mesa verde national park,
- mount ranier national park,
- national aeronautics and space administration,
- national archives and records administration,
- national baseball hall of fame,
- national climatic data center,
- national institute of standards and technology,
- national labor relations board,
- national liberation front of corsica,
- national oceanic and atmospheric administration,
- national technical information service,
- north cascades national park,
- petrified forest national park,
- real gross national product,
- rocky mountain national park,
- u.s. national library of medicine,
- united nations children's fund,
- virgin islands national park,
- wind cave national park,
- food and agriculture organization of the united nations,
- great smoky mountains national park,
- national geospatial-intelligence agency,
- national socialist german workers' party,
- theodore roosevelt memorial national park,
- united states national library of medicine,
- national association of securities dealers automated quotations,
- united nations crime prevention and criminal justice,
- united nations educational scientific and cultural organization,
- united nations international children's emergency fund,
- wrangell-st. elias national park,
- united nations office for drug control and crime prevention