- Language
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Nationalization and nationalisation are both English terms.
- Usage
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Nationalization is predominantly used in 🇺🇸 American (US) English (
en-US
) while nationalisation is predominantly used in 🇬🇧 British English (used in UK/AU/NZ) (en-GB
).In terms of actual appearance and usage, here's a breakdown by country, with usage level out of 100 (if available) 👇:
Term US UK India Philippines Canada Australia Liberia Ireland New Zealand Jamaica Trinidad & Tobago Guyana nationalization 94 10 32 96 47 20 0 18 0 100 0 0 nationalisation 6 90 68 4 53 80 0 82 100 0 0 0
- In the United States, there is a preference for "nationalization" over "nationalisation" (94 to 6).
- In the United Kingdom, there is a 90 to 10 preference for "nationalisation" over "nationalization".
- In India, there is a 68 to 32 preference for "nationalisation" over "nationalization".
- In the Philippines, there is a preference for "nationalization" over "nationalisation" (96 to 4).
- In Canada, there is a 53 to 47 preference for "nationalisation" over "nationalization".
- In Australia, there is a 80 to 20 preference for "nationalisation" over "nationalization".
- In Liberia, there is not enough data to determine a preference between "nationalization" and "nationalisation".
- In Ireland, there is a 82 to 18 preference for "nationalisation" over "nationalization".
- In New Zealand, there is a 100 to 0 preference for "nationalisation" over "nationalization".
- In Jamaica, there is a preference for "nationalization" over "nationalisation" (100 to 0).
- In Trinidad & Tobago, there is not enough data to determine a preference between "nationalization" and "nationalisation".
- In Guyana, there is not enough data to determine a preference between "nationalization" and "nationalisation".
- Examples
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Below, we provide some examples of when to use nationalization or nationalisation with sample sentences.
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Examples in Context
Examples of “nationalization”
- The nationalization of the railways slowed the…
- …ended in 1920 with the nationalization and absorption of the various…
- The nationalization order provoked fierce public opposition…
- …Refinery, around which Mohammad Mossadegh's nationalization movement was centered.
- …unsuccessfully trying to prevent the nationalization by the Nazis of the…
- Nationalization of the Bill of Rights
- The British strongly protested the nationalization, and formed a plan with…
- Among the earliest nationalization laws passed by the Polish…
- …basis for the waves of nationalization that were to come, it…
- …support for agricultural development, and nationalization of public services.
Examples of “nationalisation”
- Nationalisation of the railways followed in…
- …which BR had built after nationalisation.
- …Railways to ex-LMS designs after Nationalisation in 1948 continued to use…
- …Edmunds on the benefits of nationalisation.
- Prior to nationalisation the railway had carried 434,052…
- While he seemed to oppose nationalisation and government control of some…
- Following nationalisation in 1948 Elmswell became part…
- …biographer Ian Hanco*ck, "the bank nationalisation issue marked his advance beyond…
- …not even clear whether the nationalisation was supposed to complement the…
- At nationalisation in 1948, the remainder passed…