denationalize

From French dénationaliser

• (UK) IPA^(key): /diːˈnæʃ(ə)nəlaɪz/

denationalize (third-person singular simple present denationalizes, present participle denationalizing, simple past and past participle denationalized)

1. (transitive) To transfer the control and ownership of an industry from government to private hands; to privatize.
2. (transitive) To strip of nationhood; to cease to recognise, or allow to exist, as a nation.
   • 1933, John T Tucker, Angola, the land of the blacksmith prince

     What does signify, however, is the assumption that evangelical missions introduce or maintain an alien culture and that they denationalize.