công hữu hoá
Definition
- Verb:
- To nationalize; to convert to public ownership: The process by which the state or a public authority takes control and ownership of private property, assets, or industries, transferring them to collective or state ownership.
Usage Examples
- Verb:
- Chính phủ quyết định công hữu hoá các ngành công nghiệp then chốt. (The government decided to nationalize key industries.)
- Việc công hữu hoá đất đai là một chính sách quan trọng. (The nationalization of land is an important policy.)
Advanced Usage
"tiến hành công hữu hoá": to carry out/proceed with nationalization.
- Nhà nước đã tiến hành công hữu hoá hệ thống đường sắt. (The state carried out the nationalization of the railway system.)
"sự công hữu hoá": (the act/process of) nationalization. (Note: This is a nominalized form of the verb).
- Sự công hữu hoá này đã gây ra nhiều tranh luận. (This nationalization has caused much debate.)
Variants and Related Words
- Quốc hữu hoá (verb): A synonym, also meaning to nationalize. The nuance can sometimes imply national-level ownership specifically.
- Tư hữu hoá (verb): The opposite process, meaning to privatize; to transfer from public/state ownership to private ownership.
- Công hữu (noun/adjective): Public/collective ownership; publicly owned.
Synonyms
- Trưng thu (verb): To confiscate, to requisition (often by the state, but not necessarily implying permanent state ownership as the end goal).
- Quốc gia hoá (verb): To nationalize (less common but similar to "quốc hữu hoá").
Related Phrases
- Chính sách công hữu hoá (noun phrase): Nationalization policy.
- Chính sách công hữu hoá đã thay đổi cơ cấu kinh tế. (The nationalization policy changed the economic structure.)
Notes on Meaning
- The term "công hữu hoá" is strongly associated with political and economic contexts, particularly with socialist or state-led economic models where the means of production are transferred to public ownership.
- It is the direct antonym of "tư hữu hoá" (privatization).