privatization.
The transfer of a company or organization from government to private ownership and control.
Meaning & usage
The transfer of a company or organization from government to private ownership and control.
The rendering of a thought or an idea, as private in scope.
Where this word comes from
Calque of German Privatisierung (with English -ation), derived from Latin prīvātus (“apart from the state; private”), with reference to post-First World War German economic principles. Popularized by Sidney Merlin in 1943, who was aware of the term reprivatization (used in similar contexts), already attested at the time.
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