nationalize
Government assumes ownership
To nationalize is to transfer ownership or control of an industry, company, or resource from private hands to the government: The government nationalized the oil fields.
Countries nationalize for various reasons—economic crisis, ideological commitment, or strategic control of key industries.
The opposite is privatize.
In a separate sense, to nationalize is to make something national in character or scope, or to grant citizenship to a foreigner, though naturalize is more common for this last meaning.
Seize by authority
- expropriateSeize for state use
- requisitionFormal order for supplies
- appropriateSuited to circumstance
- commandeerSeize for official purposes
seize · sequester · annex · dispossess · acquire · collectivize · municipalize · socialize
Communal economic control
- collectivismGroup primacy doctrine
- communismCollective ownership system
- MarxismClass-based revolutionary philosophy
- redistributionSharing out again differently
proletariat · anti-capitalism · Leninism · dirigisme · statism
State sells public assets
- deregulationRemoving governmental business restrictions
- protectionismShielding local producers
- subsidizeProvide financial assistance
- centralizeUnify under single control
Belonging to government
- state-controlledRun by government authority
- government-ownedProperty of the state
- public-sectorState-run employment realm
- commonwealthState for public good
National legislative assembly
- legislationOfficial enactment of statutes
- statuteEnacted written rule
- policyAdopted principle of action
- regulationOfficial rules governing conduct
ministry · bureaucracy · administration · mandate · executive · constitutional · reform · decree
Independent decision-making capacity
- self-determinationControl over one's fate
- independenceFreedom from external control
- jurisdictionLegal authority's scope
- statehoodCondition of being sovereign
territory · borders · self-rule · dominion · protectorate · decolonization · homeland · constitution
Legal path to belonging
- passportGovernment-issued travel credential
- immigrantOne who resettles abroad
- allegianceLoyalty owed to authority
- oathFormal binding promise
birthright · visa · expatriate · assimilation · resident · refugee · identity · integration
confiscate
Seize by authority
- expropriateSeize for state use
- requisitionFormal order for supplies
- appropriateSuited to circumstance
commandeer · seize · sequester · annex · dispossess · acquire · collectivize · municipalize · socialize · repossess
socialism
Communal economic control
- collectivismGroup primacy doctrine
- communismCollective ownership system
- MarxismClass-based revolutionary philosophy
redistribution · proletariat · anti-capitalism · Leninism · dirigisme · statism
privatization
State sells public assets
- deregulationRemoving governmental business restrictions
- protectionismShielding local producers
- subsidizeProvide financial assistance
centralize · stabilization · regulation · monopoly · tariff
state-owned
Belonging to government
- state-controlledRun by government authority
- government-ownedProperty of the state
- public-sectorState-run employment realm
parliament
National legislative assembly
- legislationOfficial enactment of statutes
- statuteEnacted written rule
- policyAdopted principle of action
regulation · ministry · bureaucracy · administration · mandate · executive · constitutional · reform · decree · authority
autonomy
Independent decision-making capacity
- self-determinationControl over one's fate
- independenceFreedom from external control
- jurisdictionLegal authority's scope
statehood · territory · borders · self-rule · dominion · protectorate · decolonization · homeland · constitution · legitimacy
naturalization
Legal path to belonging
- passportGovernment-issued travel credential
- immigrantOne who resettles abroad
- allegianceLoyalty owed to authority
oath · birthright · visa · expatriate · assimilation · resident · refugee · identity · integration · denizen
nationalizeprivatize
Transfer to non-government ownership
denationalize · privatise · denationalise · deregulate · divest
nationalizefree market
Commerce without state intervention
laissez-faire · private enterprise · free enterprise · deregulation · capitalism
- Chinese nationalismPride in China's identity
- dual nationalityCitizen of two states
- white nationalismIdeology favoring Caucasian dominance
- French nationalityCitizenship from France
- German nationalismDevotion to unified Deutschland
- black nationalismSelf-determination for African-descended peoples
nationalism, nationality, nationalized, internationalize, nationalization, nationalise, nationalizing, nationalisation, nationalised