v.
Pronunciation: ' käm-y ə - ˌ n ī z, -yü-
Function: transitive verb
Inflected Form: -nized ; -niz · ing
Etymology: back-formation from communization
Date: 1888
1 a : to make common b : to make into state-owned property
2 : to subject to Communist principles of organization
– com · mu · ni · za · tion \ ˌ käm-y ə -n ə - ' z ā -sh ə n, -yü- \ noun