deprivatized
Returned to state
Deprivatized describes something that was once private and has been returned to public or government ownership or control.
The term typically appears in discussions of industries or services that were privatized and later reversed: The railway was deprivatized after years of poor service.
The opposite of privatized.
Belonging to government
- public-sectorState-run employment realm
- government-ownedProperty of the state
- nationalizedMade government property
- expropriatedTaken by authority
socialized · collectivized · municipalized · commonwealth · renationalized · state-controlled · transferred · reclaimed
Shared by a community
- sharedHeld in common
- publicAvailable to all
- commonWidespread and unremarkable
- cooperativeJointly operated enterprise
pooled · consolidated · merged · integrated · unified · worker-owned · democratized · participatory
Official rules governing conduct
- legislationOfficial enactment of statutes
- mandateFormal authoritative directive
- oversightSupervision or inadvertent omission
- reformImprove by correcting faults
reversal · intervention · restructuring · redistribution · stewardship · governance
state-owned
Belonging to government
- public-sectorState-run employment realm
- government-ownedProperty of the state
- nationalizedMade government property
expropriated · socialized · collectivized · municipalized · commonwealth · renationalized · state-controlled · transferred · reclaimed · seized
communal
Shared by a community
cooperative · pooled · consolidated · merged · integrated · unified · worker-owned · democratized · participatory · syndicated
regulation
Official rules governing conduct
- legislationOfficial enactment of statutes
- mandateFormal authoritative directive
- oversightSupervision or inadvertent omission
reform · reversal · intervention · restructuring · redistribution · stewardship · governance
deprivatizedprivatized
Transferred to non-government ownership
privatised · denationalized · private · corporatized · sold off