corporatization

English

Alternative forms

• corporatisation

Etymology

From corporate +‎ -ization.

Noun

corporatization (countable and uncountable, plural corporatizations)

1. The process of transforming state assets, government agencies, or municipal organizations into publicly-owned corporations
2. The imposition of corporate values or practices; commercialization.
   • 2023 September 19, Zoe Williams, “Corporation creep: why London’s Bond Street became Burberry Street - and caused outrage”, in The Guardian‎^[1], →ISSN:

     No question—the enterprise was guilty of poor wordplay and naked corporatisation.

Related terms

• corporatize

References

• OED 2006