p 3 r 1 i 1 v 4 a 1 t 1 i 1 z 10 a 1 t 1 i 1 o 1 n 1
13 letters · 27 points in Scrabble
Meaning
noun changing something from state to private ownership or control
originCalque 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.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0
Words from these letters
- partizan 19
- vizir 17
- vizor 17
- triazin 16
- tzarina 16
- topaz 16
- tarzan 15
- zoaria 15
- privation 14
- nazir 14
- poz 14
- zap 14