nationalization

The act of rendering national in character instead of local.

The act of making national as regards possession, use, and control; especially, as advocated by many socialists, the abolition of private property, as in lands, railways, etc., and the vesting of it in the nation for national use: as, the nationalisation of land.

Also spelled nationalisation.

The act of nationalizing, or the state of being nationalized.

Alternative spelling of nationalisation.

the action of rendering national in character

changing something from private to state ownership or control

the action of forming or becoming a nation