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to stalinize

to stalinize

9.9
Make a country or group follow strict central control like Stalin used
  • verb
  • /ˈstæləˌnaɪz/
  • Formal
translation icon : estalinizar
  • The government attempted to stalinize education by centralizing control and suppressing independent thought.

Examples

  • Historians debate how quickly the Eastern Bloc countries were stalinized after World War II.

  • They stalinised the political landscape to suppress dissent.

  • Following the revolution, the new leadership began to stalinize the party's structure and policies.

  • The government began to stalinize the education system.

  • Following the revolution, the new leadership began to stalinize the party's structure and policies.

  • The government attempted to stalinize education by centralizing control and suppressing independent thought.

  • Historians debate how quickly the Eastern Bloc countries were stalinized after World War II.

Synonyms

to tyrannize
vsto stalinize
  • US
2 8.4

To treat people in a cruel and unfair way

involves systemic authoritarian transformation, centralization, and state repression
to collectivize
vsto stalinize
2 8.6

Put farms, land, and businesses into shared ownership controlled by the government or community

focuses on political repression and central control rather than only collective ownership
to sovietize
vsto stalinize
  • Archaic
9.9

To make a country follow the government, rules, and culture of the Soviet Union

is more about harsh authoritarian control, repression, and centralization

Antonyms

to liberalize
12 6.3

To make laws or rules less strict to allow more freedom

to democratize
6 6.1

To let more people take part in decisions in a country or organization

to destalinize
9.9

To remove Stalin's influence from a country's government and public life

How Authoritarian

to stalinize
  • Formal
9.9
to oppress
152 6.5
to suppress
176 4.8
to control
∞ 2.4
to regulate
258 3.4

Surface Forms

stalinize infinitive
stalinized past
stalinized past participle
stalinizing present participle
stalinizes third person singular

Morphology

stalinize = Stalin (transparent) = stalin + ize

Productive formation by adding the verb-forming suffix '-ize' to the proper name 'Stalin', yielding 'to make like Stalin'; morphologically direct though understanding requires knowledge of Stalin/Stalinism.

Etymology

Stalinize comes from the name Stalin, Joseph Stalin the leader of the Soviet Union, and from the ending -ize, as in modernize, which means 'to make' or 'to become like'. So to stalinize a country or system is to make it more like Stalin's rule, with strict central control, less freedom, and harsh punishment for opponents.