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to mediatize

to mediatize

9.9
To remove a small state's independence and put it under another state's control
  • verb
  • /ˈmiːdiəˌtaɪz/
  • Specialized
translation icon : mediatizar
  • Several small German states were mediatized during the early 19th century and lost their independence.

Examples

  • After being mediatized, the territory was governed by a larger neighboring kingdom.

  • The process to mediatize a principality often involved complex negotiations among European powers.

  • The king was mediatized after the war.

  • They mediatised the territory to a neighboring state.

  • Several small German states were mediatized during the early 19th century, losing their direct authority to larger powers.

  • The process to mediatize a principality involved negotiations that shifted its control to more dominant nations.

  • After it was mediatized, the territory depended on the governance of a more powerful state.

Synonyms

to imperialize
vsto mediatize
  • Formal
8.8

To make a country or people become part of an empire

makes a sovereign lose direct authority and become subject to another power
to colonialize
vsto mediatize
7.8

To take control of a land and its people by a foreign country

deprives a sovereign of direct rule without necessarily creating settlements
to feudalize
vsto mediatize
  • US
9.9

To make a country where lords give land to people in return for service

makes a sovereign subject to another power rather than creating feudal structures

How Independent

ally
996 2.8
to submit
187 4.1
to mediatize
  • Specialized
9.9
to annex
17 7.9

Surface Forms

mediatize infinitive
mediatized past
mediatized past participle
mediatizing present participle
mediatizes third person singular

Morphology

mediatize = mediate (opaque) = mediate + ize

Although formally analyzable as 'mediate' + '-ize', the historical-political sense 'make subject to another power' is specialized and not readily predictable for typical learners.

Etymology

The word mediatize comes from the root medi-, from Latin medius, meaning 'middle'. Historically it meant putting a small state 'in the middle' under a larger power, so the small state lost its direct rule.