communise

/'kɔmjunaiz/ Cách viết khác : (communise) /'kɔmjunaiz/

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Definition

Verb:
- To make property or resources state-owned: The act of transferring private property, industries, or assets into the ownership and control of the state or the community as a whole.
- To make Communist or bring into accord with Communist principles: The process of imposing or aligning a government, system, or society with the doctrines of Communism.

Usage and Examples

Verb:
- The revolutionary council moved to communise the major industries. (The council acted to transfer the ownership of major industries to the state.)
- After the war, the aim was to communise the agricultural sector. (The goal was to bring farmland under collective or state control.)
- The political party sought to communise the government's structure. (The party aimed to reorganize the government according to Communist principles.)

Advanced Usage

"to communise the means of production": A specific phrase referring to the core Marxist-Leninist principle of placing key industries (like factories, mines) under public ownership.
- The manifesto's central goal was to communise the means of production.
Used in historical and political discourse, often describing policies in states undergoing socialist revolution or transformation.

Variants and Related Words

Communize (verb): The more common American English spelling of "communise".
Communisation / Communization (noun): The process or result of making something communist or state-owned.
- The communisation of the economy was met with resistance.
Communist (noun/adjective): A person who believes in or practices communism; relating to communism.

Synonyms

Nationalize: To transfer a major branch of industry or commerce from private to state ownership or control. (Note: "Nationalize" does not inherently imply Communist ideology, while "communise" does.)
Collectivize: To organize according to the principle of ownership by the state or the people collectively, especially in agriculture.

Antonyms

Privatize: To transfer (a business, industry, or service) from public to private ownership and control.
Decollectivize: To break up a collective system, especially in agriculture.

Related Phrases and Context

While "communise" itself is not typically used in phrasal verbs, it is central to phrases describing political transformation.
"to bring under state control": A more neutral phrase for the act of making something state-owned.
The term carries strong ideological connotations and is primarily used in analytical, historical, or political contexts rather than everyday conversation.

Verb

make into property owned by the state
- The new government communized all banks
make Communist or bring in accord with Communist principles
- communize the government

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