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Definition of Governmentalize
1. Verb. (American English) To bring a private entity under government control; to nationalize ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Governmentalize
1. [v -IZED, -IZING, -IZES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Governmentalize
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, ..."