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privatize

verb
/ˈpɹaɪvətaɪz/US

Etymology

From private + -ize.

  1. derived from *per✻
  2. derived from prīvātus
  3. inherited from privat — “individual, exclusive, private”
  4. suffixed as privatize — “private + ize”

Definitions

  1. To release government control (of a business or industry) to private industry.

  2. To render (a variable, etc.) private in scope.

    • If the compiler allocates a privatized variable to a register, it must examine whether the variable is live after the termination of the while-loop.

  3. To render a thought or an idea, private in scope.

    • The neoliberal, privatizing version of health in which everyone is responsible for themselves, despite disparities in resources.

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Derived

privatizable, privatization, privatizer, reprivatize, self-privatize, semiprivatized, unprivatize

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA