denationalization n 1: changing something from state to private ownership or control [syn: {denationalization}, {denationalisation}, {privatization}, {privatisation}] [ant: {communisation}, {communization}, {nationalisation}, {nationalization}]
Denationalization \De*na`tion*al*i*za"tion\, n. [Cf. F. d['e]nationalisation.] The act or process of denationalizing. [1913 Webster]