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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
disinvestment
noun
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▪ By contrast, the Reagan administration pursued privatism as a strategy of urban disinvestment.
▪ Federal disinvestment posed a serious dilemma for distressed cities.
▪ Publicity surrounding organisations committed to ethical trading has led to some disinvestment.
▪ There are several techniques that Godard uses to produce distancing and consequently the disinvestment of desire in images.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
disinvestment

1938, first recorded in writings of J.M. Keynes, from dis- + investment. The verb disinvest in this sense is a back-formation attested from 1961. Related: Disinvested; disinvesting.

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disinvestment

n. the process of disinvest; negative investment.

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disinvestment

n. the withdrawal of capital from a country or corporation

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Disinvestment

Disinvestment refers to the use of a concerted economic boycott to pressure a government, industry, or company towards a change in policy, or in the case of governments, even regime change. The term was first used in the 1980s, most commonly in the United States, to refer to the use of a concerted economic boycott designed to pressure the government of South Africa into abolishing its policy of apartheid. The term has also been applied to actions targeting Iran, Sudan, Northern Ireland, Myanmar, and Israel.