Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

reprivatization

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: repri-va-ti-za-tion
IPA

29

Scrabble Score

15

Letters

5

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The process of, or an instance of, returning to private ownership.

Example Sentences

"‘Re-privatisation,’ as it is called, has, however, been under way in the cases of all three banks. Some 40 per cent of the G.D. Bank’s holding of Deutsche-Disconto shares had passed back into private hands by the end of 1935. The new advance of bank shares to above par ought to smooth the way for complete ‘re-privatisation.’"
"POLITICAL OBSTACLES The process of nationalization and reprivatization went amazingly well in Sweden partly because it was remarkably free of political interference."

Etymology

From re- + privatization; coined as early as 1936. Possibly a calque of German Reprivatisierung (“reprivatization”).

Word Breakdown

Prefix: re

Inflected Forms

reprivatizations (plural) reprivatisation (alternative) re-privatisation (alternative) re-privatization (alternative)

Frequently Paired Words

reprivatize

Questions

What does reprivatization mean?: The process of, or an instance of, returning to private ownership.
Where does reprivatization come from?: From re- + privatization; coined as early as 1936. Possibly a calque of German Reprivatisierung (“reprivatization”).

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