verb
Meaning 1
To make Bolshevik.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
bolshevize
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verb
Meaning 2
make Communist or bring in accord with Communist principles
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- communize the government
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: communize, communise, bolshevise
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: change, alter, modify
History
Etymology
From Bolshevik + -ize.
Across languages
Translations
7 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Arabic: بَلْشَفَ (balšafa) — to make Bolshevik
- Finnish: bolševisoida — to make Bolshevik
- German: bolschewisieren — to make Bolshevik
- Hungarian: bolsevizál — to make Bolshevik
- Polish: bolszewizować — to make Bolshevik
- Polish: zbolszewizować — to make Bolshevik
- Russian: большевизи́ровать (bolʹševizírovatʹ) — to make Bolshevik