COMMUNIZE


Meaning of COMMUNIZE in English

— communization , n.

/kom"yeuh nuyz'/ , v.t., communized, communizing .

1. ( often cap. ) to impose Communist principles or systems of government on (a country or people).

2. to make communistic.

3. to make (something, as land or a house) the property of the community; to transfer from individual to community ownership.

Also, esp. Brit., communise .

[ 1885-90; back formation from communization, equiv. to L commun ( is ) COMMON + -IZATION ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .