denationalize

verb

Etymology: From French dénationaliser, equivalent to de- + nationalize.

1. To transfer the control and ownership of an industry from government to private hands; to privatize.
2. To strip of nationhood; to cease to recognise, or allow to exist, as a nation.

   “Doubtless, in thus denationalizing the Tahitians, as it were, the missionaries were prompted by a sincere desire for good; […]”

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