Decorporatizing

Part of speech: verb

Definitions

1. The process of removing corporate influence or control from an organization or entity; the act of reversing or undoing corporatization to restore independence or autonomy; the procedure of disengaging business or commercial characteristics from a previously corporate-affiliated system
2. The action of eliminating the dominance or presence of corporate interests within a group or structure; the effort to de-corporatize by disassociating centralized company governance; the step of withdrawing commercial or corporate identity to favor a less formal or non-corporate status
3. The method of restoring an institution or system to a non-corporate state by removing business-oriented features; the practice of dismantling corporate frameworks or policies to promote independence; the undertaking aimed at reducing or removing corporate control and influence from an organization or environment

Etymology: "Decorporatizing" is the present participle of "decorporatize," which is formed by attaching the reversing prefix "de-" to "corporatize." The prefix comes from Latin, where "de-" could mean "down," "away" or "undo," and in English it often signals the reversal or removal of whatever follows it, as in "decentralize" or "deregulate." "Corporatize" is the older base, built from "corporate" with the verb-forming suffix "-ize," which turns an adjective or noun into a verb meaning to make it or bring it under a certain condition. "Corporate" itself traces back to Latin "corporatus," the past participle of "corporare," meaning "to form into a body," from "corpus," body. So to corporatize something is to bring it into the form of a corporation, and "decorporatizing" describes the reverse: taking something out of corporate control or structure, and the sense is the one the definition gives.

Synonyms: decorporatizing, disbanding corporation, breaking up corporation

Antonyms: incorporating, corporatizing