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governmentalize

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
gov-ern-men-tal-ize
IPA
30
Scrabble Score
15
Letters
5
Syllables
12
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To bring (a private entity, or a decentralized entity) under government control; to nationalize.

American usage; Transitive verb

Etymology

Etymology tree English governmental Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor. Late Latin -izōder. Middle French -iserbor. Middle English -isen English -ize English governmentalize From governmental + -ize.

Usage

Inflected Forms

governmentalizes (present, singular) governmentalizing (participle, present) governmentalized (participle, past) governmentalized (past)

Frequently Paired Words

governmentalization

Antonyms

privatize

Questions

What does governmentalize mean?
To bring (a private entity, or a decentralized entity) under government control; to nationalize.
Where does governmentalize come from?
Etymology tree English governmental Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor. Late Latin -izōder. Middle French -iserbor. Middle English -isen English -ize English governmentalize From governmental + -ize.

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