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Meaning of privatization | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C2 Specialized
/ˌpɹaɪvɪtaɪˈzeɪʃ(ə)n/

Definitions

  1. The transfer of a company or organization from government to private ownership and control.
    British, English, Oxford, US, countable, uncountable
  2. The rendering of a thought or an idea, as private in scope.
    British, English, Oxford, US, countable, uncommon, uncountable

Equivalents

Čeština privatizace
Deutsch Privatisierung
Ελληνικά ιδιωτικοποίηση
Español privatización
Français privatisation
हिन्दी निजीकरण
Italiano privatizzazione
日本語 民営化 私営化
한국어 민영화
Nederlands privatisering
Polski prywatyzacja
Português privatização
Русский приватизация
Svenska privatisering
Türkçe özelleştirme
Українська приватизація
Tiếng Việt tư nhân hoá

Examples

“Coordinate term: denationalization”
“The party, moreover, facilitates the accumulation of private fortunes and industrial empires by its foremost members and collaborators through ‘privatization’ and other measures, thereby intensifying centralization of economic affairs and government in an increasingly narrow group that may for all practical purposes be termed the national socialist elite.”
“Questioning the privilege of biology went hand in hand with a challenge to the privatization of the family and the notion that parents own children and may therefore treat them however they choose.”

CEFR level

C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.

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