denationalizing

Selling off publicly

Denationalizing is the process of transferring state-owned enterprises or industries back to private ownership—the reverse of nationalization.

Governments denationalize to reduce public spending, increase efficiency, or attract investment: The country began denationalizing its telecommunications sector in the 1990s.

Also called privatizing.

deregulation

liberalization

Reducing state economic controls

dismantling · decentralization · autonomy · self-regulation · competition · antitrust · flexibility · nonintervention · efficiency · innovation

privatization

divestiture

Disposal of assets

marketization · corporatization · auctioning · buyout · shareholders · equity · private-sector · commercialization · restructuring · stakeholders

globalization

cross-border

Spanning national boundaries

integration · harmonization · sovereignty · trade · investment · outsourcing · offshoring · worldwide · expansionism · cosmopolitanism

Opposites
ownership transfer direction

denationalizingnationalizing

State acquisition of private assets

nationalising · expropriating · socializing · collectivizing · requisitioning

state control intensity

denationalizingcentralizing

Unifying under one control

regulating · controlling · monopolizing

state control

denationalizingcentralizing

Unifying under one control

publicizing · federalizing

Family

nation, national, nationalism, international, nationality, nationalize, nationalistic, nationalized, internationalize

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