communalize
communalize · communalizes · communalized · communalizing
To take property into communal ownershipTo take property into communal ownership.
Meaning
4 senses(transitive)To take property into communal ownership.
(transitive)To transfer responsibility and power to the community level.
(transitive)To treat as happening to or belonging to one's own group; to make (something) the subject of empathic understanding.
(transitive)To develop into a set of community conventions.
More definitions
- make something the property of the commune or community
Origin
From communal + -ize.From communal + -ize.
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Forms
communalizes, communalizing, communalized, communalized| Base form | communalize · to communalize |
|---|---|
| 3rd person singular | communalizes |
| Present participle | communalizing |
| Past simple | communalized |
| Past participle | communalized |
regular · Lesson
Synonyms
1 synonymsClose in meaning
- make something the property of the commune or community:communalise
Word family
4 related wordsDerivedcommunalization
Lessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle