denationalize
verbUK /diːˈnæʃ(ə)nəlaɪz/
Etymology From French dénationaliser, equivalent to de- + nationalize.
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British, English, Oxford, US To strip of nationhood; to cease to recognise, or allow to exist, as a nation.
- Doubtless, in thus denationalizing the Tahitians, as it were, the missionaries were prompted by a sincere desire for good; […]1847 March 30, Herman Melville, Omoo: A Narrative of Adventures in the South Seas; […], London: John Murray, […], →OCLC:
- What does signify, however, is the assumption that evangelical missions introduce or maintain an alien culture and that they denationalize.1933, John T. Tucker, Angola, the land of the blacksmith prince:
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- denationalizer