verb
- to bring under the control or ownership of a government; to make governmental
Usage: transitive verb; formal/technical
Examples
- The administration decided to governmentalize the healthcare system.
- Several industries were governmentalized during the economic crisis.
- Critics argued that the policy would governmentalize too much of the private sector.
- The government moved to governmentalize key utilities to ensure public access.
- Opponents feared the proposal would governmentalize education.
- After the war, many factories were governmentalized under state control.