communize

A verb meaning to make something communal or to organize according to communist principles.

• 🇫🇷Verbe signifiant rendre quelque chose commun ou collectif, ou organiser selon les principes communistes.

1. Convert to communism C1 formal political

   To make something follow communist principles or bring it under communist control.

   • The government attempted to communize the agricultural sector.
   • During the revolution, they sought to communize the entire economy.
   • The party's goal was to communize all major industries.

   🇫🇷Communiser

   Synonymes: collectivizesovietize

   Antonymes: capitalizedenationalize

2. State ownership C1 formal political

   To transfer ownership of property or resources to the state, making them public property.

   • The new regime moved to communize all private land holdings.
   • They voted to communize the mining operations in the region.
   • The policy aimed to communize the means of production.

   🇫🇷Transfert à l'État / Étatisation

   Synonymes: collectivizecommunalize

   Antonymes: denationalize

• communized past participle
• communized past simple
• communizing present participle
• communizes third person singular