nationalisation n 1: the action of forming or becoming a nation [syn: {nationalization}, {nationalisation}] 2: the action of rendering national in character [syn: {nationalization}, {nationalisation}] 3: changing something from private to state ownership or control [syn: {nationalization}, {nationalisation}, {communization}, {communisation}] [ant: {denationalisation}, {denationalization}, {privatisation}, {privatization}]
nationalisation \nationalisation\ n. same as {nationalization}. [Chiefly Brit.] [WordNet 1.5]