different between nationalize vs nationality

English

Alternative forms

• nationalise (non-Oxford British spelling)

Etymology

From French nationaliser. Surface etymology is national +? -ize.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?næ??n?la?z/

Verb

nationalize (third-person singular simple present nationalizes, present participle nationalizing, simple past and past participle nationalized) (American spelling, Oxford British English)

1. (rare) To make into, or to become, a nation.
   • 1910, History for Ready Reference from the Best Historians, page 316:

     Probably no Hindu who could make intelligent use of political freedom ever dreams of the present possibility of a nationalized India, […]

2. To bring a private company under the control of a specific government.

   Antonym: privatize

3. To bring a concept such as a political issue or commercial campaign to the attention of the entire country.
4. (archaic) To make national; to make a nation of; to endow with the character and habits of a nation, or the peculiar sentiments and attachment of citizens of a nation.

Derived terms

• nationalisation

Translations

English

Etymology

From national +? -ity, perhaps after French nationalité; ultimately from Latin n?tio (“nation, people”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?næ.???næ.l?.ti/, /?næ?.?næ.l?.ti/, /-?næ.l?.ti/, /-?næl.ti/
• Hyphenation: na?tion?al?i?ty, na?tion?al?ity

Noun

nationality (plural nationalities)

1. (now rare) National, i.e. ethnic and/or cultural, character or identity. [from 17th c.]
2. (now rare) Nationalism or patriotism. [from 18th c.]
   • 1791, James Boswell, Life of Johnson, Oxford 2008, p. 599:

     ‘You are, to be sure, wonderfully free from that nationality: but so it happens, that you employ the only Scotch shoe-black in London.’

3. National origin or identity; legal membership of a particular nation or state, by origin, birth, naturalization, ownership, allegiance or otherwise. [from 18th c.]

4. A people sharing a common origin, culture and/or language, and possibly constituting a nation-state. [from 19th c.]
5. (obsolete) Political existence, independence or unity as a national entity. [19th c.]

Synonyms

• (membership of a nation or state): affiliation, allegiance, ancestry, citizenship, descent, enfranchisement, ethnicity, national status, naturalization, origin, parentage, race, residence, status
• (national character or identity): ancestry, color, colour, ethnicity, identity, origin
• (a people): clan, confederation, cultural group, culture, denomination, ethnic group, ethnicity, faith, group, nation, people, persuasion, race, sect, tribe
• (political existence as a national entity): autarchy, autonomy, freedom, independence, liberty, nationhood, self-determination, self-government, self-rule, separation, sovereignty
• (nationalism): nationalism, patriotic sentiment, patriotism,

Related terms

• nation, national, nationalise, nationalism, nationalist, nationalistic, nationalize
• nationhood
• nation-state
• nationwide

Translations

See also

• naturalize