Definition

1. Noun:
   • The act or process of changing something from private to state ownership or control. This refers to the transfer of property, industry, or resources from private hands to public or state ownership.
   • The organization of a nation on the basis of communism. This refers to the implementation of a communist political and economic system within a country.
   • A change from private property to public property owned by the community. This is a specific instance of converting private assets into communal or public assets.

Usage Examples

• Noun:
  • The communization of the agricultural land was a key policy of the new government.
  • Historians debate the effects of the rapid communization of industry in the mid-20th century.
  • The party's manifesto called for the communization of major utilities.

Advanced Usage

• "Forced communization": Refers to the implementation of communist policies, especially collectivization, against the will of a population.
  • The period was marked by forced communization and widespread resistance.

Variants and Related Words

• Communize (verb): To bring under public ownership or control; to make communist.
  • The government sought to communize the banking sector.
• Communism (noun): The political and economic ideology advocating for a classless system with public ownership of the means of production.
• Communal (adjective): Shared by or involving members of a community.

Synonyms

• Nationalization: The transfer of a major branch of industry or commerce from private to state ownership or control.
• Collectivization: The organization of a people or industry on the basis of communal control of the means of production.
• Socialization: The process of making something operate according to the principles of socialism.

Antonyms

• Privatization: The transfer of a business, industry, or service from public to private ownership and control.
• Denationalization: The process of returning a nationalized industry or enterprise to private ownership.

Noun

1. changing something from private to state ownership or control
2. the organization of a nation of the basis of communism
3. a change from private property to public property owned by the community