nationalize

• nationalise (non-Oxford British English)

From French nationaliser. By surface analysis, national +‎ -ize.

• IPA^(key): /ˈnæʃənəlaɪz/

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nationalize (third-person singular simple present nationalizes, present participle nationalizing, simple past and past participle nationalized) (American spelling, Oxford British English)

1. (rare) To make into, or to become, a nation.
   • 1910, History for Ready Reference from the Best Historians, page 316:

     Probably no Hindu who could make intelligent use of political freedom ever dreams of the present possibility of a nationalized India, […]

2. To bring a private company, or an industry comprising such companies, under the control of a specific government.

   Synonym: deprivatize

   Antonyms: denationalize, privatize

   The government plans to nationalize the energy industry.

3. To bring a concept such as a political issue or commercial campaign to the attention of the entire country.
4. (politics) To change from having local and regional variation to being national in character and scope.
   • 2018, Daniel J. Hopkins, The Increasingly United States: How and Why American Political Behavior Nationalized, The University of Chicago Press:
5. (archaic) 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.

• nationalisation