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Sovietize

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

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1

verb

Meaning 1

To adapt to the sociopolitical standards of the Soviet Union.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

verb

Meaning 2

Alternative form of Sovietize.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: alt-of, alternative

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

verb

Meaning 3

model a country's social, political, and economic structure on the Soviet Union

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • Castro sovietized Cuba

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: sovietise

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: model, pattern

4

verb

Meaning 4

bring under Soviet control, of a country

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: sovietise

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: join, bring together

History

Etymology

From Soviet + -ize.

Across languages

Translations

41 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Albanian: sovjetizoj — to adapt to the sociopolitical standards of the Soviet Union
  • Asturian: sovietizar — to adapt to the sociopolitical standards of the Soviet Union
  • Belarusian: савецізава́ць (savjecizavácʹ) — to adapt to the sociopolitical standards of the Soviet Union
  • Belarusian: савецізі́раваць (savjecizíravacʹ) — to adapt to the sociopolitical standards of the Soviet Union
  • Bulgarian: съветизи́рам (sǎvetizíram) — to adapt to the sociopolitical standards of the Soviet Union
  • Catalan: sovietitzar — to adapt to the sociopolitical standards of the Soviet Union
  • Chinese Mandarin: 蘇維埃化 /苏维埃化 (sūwéi'āihuà) — to adapt to the sociopolitical standards of the Soviet Union
  • Chinese Mandarin: 蘇聯化 /苏联化 (sūliánhuà) — to adapt to the sociopolitical standards of the Soviet Union
  • Czech: sovětizovat — to adapt to the sociopolitical standards of the Soviet Union
  • Danish: sovjetisere — to adapt to the sociopolitical standards of the Soviet Union
  • Dutch: sovjetiseren — to adapt to the sociopolitical standards of the Soviet Union
  • Esperanto: sovetigi — to adapt to the sociopolitical standards of the Soviet Union
  • Estonian: sovetiseerima — to adapt to the sociopolitical standards of the Soviet Union
  • Estonian: nõukogustama — to adapt to the sociopolitical standards of the Soviet Union
  • French: soviétiser — to adapt to the sociopolitical standards of the Soviet Union
  • Galician: sovietizar — to adapt to the sociopolitical standards of the Soviet Union
  • German: sowjetisieren — to adapt to the sociopolitical standards of the Soviet Union
  • Hungarian: szovjetizál — to adapt to the sociopolitical standards of the Soviet Union
  • Italian: sovietizzare — to adapt to the sociopolitical standards of the Soviet Union
  • Latvian: sovetizēt — to adapt to the sociopolitical standards of the Soviet Union
  • Lithuanian: sovietizuoti — to adapt to the sociopolitical standards of the Soviet Union
  • Macedonian: советизи́ра (sovetizíra) — to adapt to the sociopolitical standards of the Soviet Union
  • Norwegian Bokmål: sovjetisere — to adapt to the sociopolitical standards of the Soviet Union
  • Occitan: sovietizar — to adapt to the sociopolitical standards of the Soviet Union
  • Polish: sowietyzować — to adapt to the sociopolitical standards of the Soviet Union
  • Portuguese: sovietizar — to adapt to the sociopolitical standards of the Soviet Union
  • Romanian: a sovietiza — to adapt to the sociopolitical standards of the Soviet Union
  • Romanian: а советиза (a sovetiza) — to adapt to the sociopolitical standards of the Soviet Union
  • Russian: советизи́ровать (sovetizírovatʹ) — to adapt to the sociopolitical standards of the Soviet Union
  • Serbo-Croatian: совјетизи́рати — to adapt to the sociopolitical standards of the Soviet Union
  • Serbo-Croatian: sovjetizírati — to adapt to the sociopolitical standards of the Soviet Union
  • Slovak: sovietizovať — to adapt to the sociopolitical standards of the Soviet Union
  • Slovene: sovjetizirati — to adapt to the sociopolitical standards of the Soviet Union
  • Spanish: sovietizar — to adapt to the sociopolitical standards of the Soviet Union
  • Swedish: sovjetisera — to adapt to the sociopolitical standards of the Soviet Union
  • Turkish: Sovyetleşmek — to adapt to the sociopolitical standards of the Soviet Union
  • Ukrainian: радянізува́ти (radjanizuváty) — to adapt to the sociopolitical standards of the Soviet Union
  • Ukrainian: совєтізува́ти (sovjetizuváty) — to adapt to the sociopolitical standards of the Soviet Union
  • Vietnamese: Xô viết hóa — to adapt to the sociopolitical standards of the Soviet Union
  • Vietnamese: Liên Xô hóa — to adapt to the sociopolitical standards of the Soviet Union
  • Yiddish: סאָוועטיזירן (sovetizirn) — to adapt to the sociopolitical standards of the Soviet Union