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communization

noun · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

noun

Meaning 1

The act or process of communizing.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

changing something from private to state ownership or control

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: nationalization, nationalisation, communisation

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: social control

3

noun

Meaning 3

the organization of a nation of the basis of communism

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: communisation

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: constitution, establishment, formation, organization, organisation

4

noun

Meaning 4

a change from private property to public property owned by the community

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: communisation

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: change

History

Etymology

From communize + -ation.

Across languages

Translations

24 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Belarusian: камуніза́цыя (kamunizácyja) — act, process, or result of communizing
  • Bulgarian: комуниза́ция (komunizácija) — act, process, or result of communizing
  • Chinese Mandarin: 共產化 /共产化 (gòngchǎnhuà) — act, process, or result of communizing
  • Czech: komunizace — act, process, or result of communizing
  • Dutch: communisatie — act, process, or result of communizing
  • Estonian: kommuniseerimine — act, process, or result of communizing
  • Finnish: kommunisaatio — act, process, or result of communizing
  • French: communisation — act, process, or result of communizing
  • Georgian: კომუნიზაცია (ḳomunizacia) — act, process, or result of communizing
  • German: Kommunisierung — act, process, or result of communizing
  • German: Kommunisation — act, process, or result of communizing
  • Italian: comunizzazione — act, process, or result of communizing
  • Latvian: komunizācija — act, process, or result of communizing
  • Lithuanian: komunizacija — act, process, or result of communizing
  • Macedonian: комунизација (komunizacija) — act, process, or result of communizing
  • Portuguese: comunização — act, process, or result of communizing
  • Romanian: comunizare — act, process, or result of communizing
  • Russian: коммуниза́ция (kommunizácija) — act, process, or result of communizing
  • Serbo-Croatian: комунизација — act, process, or result of communizing
  • Serbo-Croatian: komunizacija — act, process, or result of communizing
  • Slovak: komunizácia — act, process, or result of communizing
  • Slovene: komunizacija — act, process, or result of communizing
  • Spanish: comunización — act, process, or result of communizing
  • Ukrainian: комуніза́ція (komunizácija) — act, process, or result of communizing