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to communalize

to communalize

8.9
Make something owned by the whole community instead of by private people
  • verb
  • /kəˈmjunəˌlaɪz/
translation icon : comunalizar
  • After much discussion, the committee decided to communalize the library for all residents.

Examples

  • Now that the conflict has become "communalized," much more will likely be required to curb the violence.

    Academic text (2006)

  • In the streets of Orgosolo, life is communalized, and individual life histories become collaborative works in the public sphere.

    Academic text (1999)

  • The city plans to communalize public parks so that everyone can enjoy them freely.

  • The community came together to communalize the resources for the common good.

Synonyms

to socialize
vsto communalize
  • Formal
28 8.4

To put businesses under government control

favours local group ownership rather than state or ideological control
to collectivize
vsto communalize
2 8.6

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

is driven by local members rather than by government or private owners
to communize
vsto communalize
  • Formal
9.0

Make land, factories, or other resources owned by the whole community

is carried out by local members instead of following party ideology

Antonyms

to privatize
  • US
61 6.4

To move a government business or service to private companies

How Communal

to nationalize
  • Specialized
25 6.8
to communalize
8.9
to share
∞ 1.0
to privatize
  • US
61 6.4

Surface Forms

communalize infinitive
communalized past
communalized past participle
communalizing present participle
communalizes third person singular

Morphology

communalize = communal (transparent) = commune + al + ize

The verb is formed by adding the productive suffix '-ize' to the adjective 'communal', producing the predictable meaning 'to make communal'.

Etymology

The word communalize comes from commune and the English word common, both meaning 'shared' or 'belonging to a group'. So to communalize something is to make it 'shared' by a community instead of owned by one person.