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Sovietization

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • UK: /ˌsɒvjətaɪˈzeɪʃən/
  • UK: /ˌsəʊvjətaɪˈzeɪʃən/
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1

noun

Meaning 1

The act or process of Sovietizing.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable, usually

Qualifier: American and Oxford British spelling

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

Alternative letter-case form of Sovietization.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: alt-of, countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From Sovietize + -ation.

Across languages

Translations

41 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Albanian: sovjetizim — act or process of Sovietizing
  • Asturian: sovietización — act or process of Sovietizing
  • Belarusian: савеціза́цыя (savjecizácyja) — act or process of Sovietizing
  • Bulgarian: съветиза́ция (sǎvetizácija) — act or process of Sovietizing
  • Catalan: sovietització — act or process of Sovietizing
  • Chinese Mandarin: 蘇維埃化 /苏维埃化 (sūwéi'āihuà) — act or process of Sovietizing
  • Chinese Mandarin: 蘇聯化 /苏联化 (sūliánhuà) — act or process of Sovietizing
  • Czech: sovětizace — act or process of Sovietizing
  • Danish: sovjetisering — act or process of Sovietizing
  • Dutch: sovjetisering — act or process of Sovietizing
  • French: soviétisation — act or process of Sovietizing
  • Galician: sovietización — act or process of Sovietizing
  • German: Sowjetisierung — act or process of Sovietizing
  • Hungarian: szovjetizálás — act or process of Sovietizing
  • Indonesian: sovietisasi — act or process of Sovietizing
  • Italian: sovietizzazione — act or process of Sovietizing
  • Kazakh: кеңестендіру (keñestendıru) — act or process of Sovietizing
  • Latvian: sovetizācija — act or process of Sovietizing
  • Lithuanian: sovietizacija — act or process of Sovietizing
  • Macedonian: советизација (sovetizacija) — act or process of Sovietizing
  • Norwegian Bokmål: sovjetisering — act or process of Sovietizing
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: sovjetisering — act or process of Sovietizing
  • Occitan: sovietizacion — act or process of Sovietizing
  • Polish: sowietyzacja — act or process of Sovietizing
  • Portuguese: sovietização — act or process of Sovietizing
  • Romanian: sovietizare — act or process of Sovietizing
  • Romanian: советизаре (sovetizare) — act or process of Sovietizing
  • Russian: советиза́ция (sovetizácija) — act or process of Sovietizing
  • Serbo-Croatian: совјетиза́ција — act or process of Sovietizing
  • Serbo-Croatian: sovjetizácija — act or process of Sovietizing
  • Slovak: sovietizácia — act or process of Sovietizing
  • Slovene: sovjetizacija — act or process of Sovietizing
  • Spanish: sovietización — act or process of Sovietizing
  • Swedish: sovjetisering — act or process of Sovietizing
  • Tagalog: sobyetisasyon — act or process of Sovietizing
  • Turkish: Sovyetleştirme — act or process of Sovietizing
  • Ukrainian: радяніза́ція (radjanizácija) — act or process of Sovietizing
  • Ukrainian: совєтіза́ція (sovjetizácija) — act or process of Sovietizing
  • Vietnamese: Xô viết hóa — act or process of Sovietizing
  • Vietnamese: Liên Xô hóa — act or process of Sovietizing
  • Yiddish: סאָוועטיזאַציע (sovetizatsye) — act or process of Sovietizing