— communalization , n.
/keuh myoohn"l uyz', kom"yeuh nl-/ , v.t., communalized, communalizing .
to make communal; to make (land, a business, etc.) the property of the community: The town communalized the estate for a public park.
Also, esp. Brit., communalise .
[ 1880-85; COMMUNAL + -IZE ]