communize

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verb

com·​mu·​nize ˈkäm-yə-ˌnīz 

-yü-

communized; communizing

transitive verb

1

a

: to make common

b

: to make into state-owned property

2

: to subject to Communist principles of organization

communization

ˌkäm-yə-nə-ˈzā-shən 

-yü-

noun

communization

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noun

com·​mu·​ni·​za·​tion ˌkäm-yə-nə-ˈzā-shən 

-ˌnī-ˈzā- sometimes kə-ˌmyü-nə-ˈzā-

plural -s

often capitalized

: the act of communizing : state of being communized

Examples of communize in a Sentence

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Verb

Whether due to paranoia, or just to insure that any defensive battles are not fought on the motherland's soil, evidence is seen in the USSR surrounding itself with 'communized' countries during the Cold War. —Alaska Dispatch News, 9 July 2017

Word History

Etymology

Verb

back-formation from communization

Noun

Latin communis common + English -ization

First Known Use

Verb

1842, in the meaning defined at sense 1a

Rhymes for communize

• advertise
• aggrandize
• alibis
• alkalies
• alkalis
• amortize
• amplifies
• analyse
• analyze
• anywise
• authorize
• butterflies