communalise

/'kɔmjunəlais/ Cách viết khác : (communalize) /'kɔmjunəlais/

Thân thiện

The village decided to communalise the old orchard.

Definition

Verb: - To transfer ownership or control of something from private or individual hands to a commune or community, making it collective property.

Usage

This verb describes the act of making property, resources, or assets collectively owned and managed by a community or commune. It is often used in political, economic, or social contexts discussing collective ownership models.

Examples

• The new government's policy was to communalise agricultural land.
• There was a debate about whether to communalise the city's water supply system.
• The movement sought to communalise the means of production.

Advanced Usage

• "to communalise assets/resources": This collocation is common when discussing the transfer of specific economic goods to community ownership.
  • The cooperative's first step was to communalise all major farming assets.

Variants and Related Words

• Communalize: This is the more common spelling variant, especially in American English. The meaning is identical to "communalise."
• Communalisation (n) / Communalization (n): The process or result of making something communal.
  • The communalisation of the factory was met with mixed reactions.

Synonyms

• Collectivize: To organize according to the principles of collectivism, often used in similar political-economic contexts.
• Socialize: In a specific economic sense, to bring under state or public ownership or control.

Antonyms

• Privatize: To transfer ownership or control from the public sector to private individuals or companies.
• Individualize: To make individual or particular to one person.

Học thuật

Verb

1. make something the property of the commune or community

Từ đồng nghĩa

• communalize