privatization
/ˌpraɪvɪtaɪˈzeɪʃ(ə)n//ˌpraɪvətaɪˈzeɪʃən/
词源链
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privatization
词源说明
Calque of German Privatisierung (with English -ation), derived from Latin prīvātus (“apart from the state; private”), with reference to post-First World War German economic principles. Popularized by Sidney Merlin in 1943, who was aware of the term reprivatization (used in similar contexts), already attested at the time.