(~s, denationalizing, ~d)
Note: in BRIT, also use 'denationalise'
To ~ an industry or business means to transfer it into private ownership so that it is no longer owned and controlled by the state. (OLD-FASHIONED BUSINESS)
The government started to ~ financial institutions...
= privatize
? nationalize
VERB: V n
denationalization
...the denationalisation of industry.
= privatization
N-UNCOUNT