Definition of Governmentalize

1. Verb. (American English) To bring a private entity under government control; to nationalize ¹

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Definition of Governmentalize

1. [v -IZED, -IZING, -IZES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Governmentalize

government office
government officials
government programs
government revenue
government security
government spending
government stroke
government take
government takes
government wharf
governmental
governmentalism
governmentalist
governmentalities
governmentality
governmentalize (current term)
governmentalized
governmentalizes
governmentalizing
governmentally
governmentese
governmenteses
governmentless
governmentlike
governments
governmentwide
governor
governor's plum
governor's race
governor-general

Literary usage of Governmentalize

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Arena by Harry Houdini Collection (Library of Congress) (1907)
"If we governmentalize social utilities regardless of whether they are public or private in their essential character, we do tend toward socialism; ..."

2. An Examination of Society from the Standpoint of Evolution by Louis Wallis (1901)
"In attempting to deal with the modern social problem, socialism proposes: governmentalize everything: factories, fields, mines, machines, tools, ..."

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