Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

privatization

/ˌpɹaɪvətaɪˈzeɪʃən/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.27 in modern English

Syllables: pri-va-ti-za-tion
IPA: /ˌpɹaɪvətaɪˈzeɪʃən/

27

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

5

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The transfer of a company or organization from government to private ownership and control.

American usage; Countable; Uncountable

noun

The rendering of a thought or an idea, as private in scope.

American usage; Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"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."

Etymology

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.

Origin

Source language: Latin

Word Breakdown

Root: prīvātus
Suffix: -ation

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˌpɹaɪvətaɪˈzeɪʃən/
British English: /ˌpɹaɪvɪtaɪˈzeɪʃ(ə)n/

Usage

Inflected Forms

privatizations (plural) privatisation (alternative)

Derived Forms

antiprivatization deprivatization

Phrases

self-privatization

Frequently Paired Words

privatize

Synonyms

denationalization denationalisation privatisation

Antonyms

nationalization

Rhymes With

information education situation population station association administration operation organization nation location application

Questions

How do you pronounce privatization?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˌpɹaɪvətaɪˈzeɪʃən/.
What does privatization mean?: The transfer of a company or organization from government to private ownership and control.
Where does privatization come from?: It is traced to Latin.

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