denationalize

verb

1. (British, English, Oxford, US, transitive)To transfer the control and ownership of an industry from government to private hands; to privatize.
2. (British, English, Oxford, US, transitive)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.”