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• n  the action of forming or becoming a nation
• n  the action of rendering national in character
• n  changing something from private to state ownership or control

• Some say bank nationalization began in 1984 when regulators decided that Continental Illinois, then the nation's seventh largest bank, was too big to fail and put the Federal .
• Even the most Blimpish British opponent of the Labor government's nationalization of industry would not dispute its goals.
• Nonetheless, IndyMac does provide an example in which nationalization worked, suggesting that at least some of the fears critics have of nationalization may be unfounded.

• nationalisation
• communization
• communisation

• denationalization

News & Articles

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• Greek Banks Said to Lure Investors to Avoid Full State Control
  National Bank of Greece SA and Piraeus Bank SA have secured sufficient backing from private investors for their capital raisings to enable the lenders to avert complete nationalization, according to people with direct knowledge of the transactions.
  June 13, 2013 - Bloomberg

Quotes

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• John McFall in Malaysia Star
  A few months ago I said were only a hop, skip and a jump away from nationalization,McFall said.
• David Cameron in FOXNews
  The nationalization of Northern Rock is a disaster for the British taxpayer, a disaster for this government and a disaster for our country,said Conservative Party leader David Cameron.
• Nancy Pelosi in New York Times
  Well, whatever you want to call it,said Ms. Pelosi, Democrat of California. "If we are strengthening them, then the American people should get some of the upside of that strengthening. Some people call that nationalization."