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COMMUNIZE

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Make into property owned by the state

Example:

The new government communized all banks

Synonyms:

communise; communize

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Hypernyms (to "communize" is one way to...):

nationalise; nationalize (put under state control or ownership)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

communism (a political theory favoring collectivism in a classless society)

communism (a form of socialism that abolishes private ownership)

communization (changing something from private to state ownership or control)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Make Communist or bring in accord with Communist principles

Example:

communize the government

Synonyms:

bolshevise; bolshevize; communise; communize

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Hypernyms (to "communize" is one way to...):

alter; change; modify (cause to change; make different; cause a transformation)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

Derivation:

communism (a political theory favoring collectivism in a classless society)

communism (a form of socialism that abolishes private ownership)

communization (the organization of a nation of the basis of communism)

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