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reprivatization

noun

Etymology

From re- + privatization; coined as early as 1936. Possibly a calque of German Reprivatisierung (“reprivatization”).

  1. derived from prīvātus — “apart from the state; private”
  2. derived from prīvātus
  3. prefixed as reprivatization — “re + privatization”

Definitions

  1. The process of, or an instance of, returning to private ownership.

    • POLITICAL OBSTACLES The process of nationalization and reprivatization went amazingly well in Sweden partly because it was remarkably free of political interference.

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