communize

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

Thân thiện

The new government communized the banks.

Definition

1. Verb (transitive):
   • To bring under state ownership or control; to make property or resources the collective property of a community or the state. This meaning focuses on the economic aspect of transferring ownership from private to public hands.
   • To make something conform to or adopt the principles of communism. This meaning focuses on the ideological or political transformation of a system, organization, or government.

Usage Examples

• Verb:
  • After the revolution, the new regime moved to communize the country's major industries, including steel and energy.
  • The radical faction sought to communize the agricultural sector by abolishing private land ownership.
  • The political theorist argued that it was impossible to communize a society without first changing its cultural foundations.

Advanced Usage

• "to communize the means of production": A specific phrase referring to the core Marxist-Leninist principle of placing factories, land, and resources under collective ownership.
  • The party's manifesto promised to communize the means of production to eliminate class distinctions.
• The process or result can be described with the noun "communization".
  • The rapid communization of the economy led to significant short-term disruptions.

Variants and Related Words

• Communization (n): The act or process of making something communist or under state ownership.
• Communise (v): The British English spelling variant of "communize".
• Communist (adj/n): Relating to communism; a person who supports or believes in communism.

Synonyms

• Nationalize: To transfer a major branch of industry or commerce from private to state ownership or control. (Note: "Nationalize" is a broader, more common term; "communize" implies a specific ideological framework.)
• Collectivize: To organize according to the principle of ownership by the people or the state, especially in agriculture.

Antonyms

• Privatize: To transfer (a business, industry, or service) from public to private ownership and control.
• Decollectivize: To return collectivized property or agriculture to private ownership.

Related Phrases

• "to communize a society": To transform the entire social, economic, and political structure of a country along communist lines.
  • The revolutionary leader's ultimate goal was to communize the entire society.

Học thuật

Verb

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

Từ đồng nghĩa

• communise
• bolshevize
• bolshevise