communalizev.
/ˈkɒmjᵿnəlʌɪz/, /ˈkɒmjᵿnl̩ʌɪz/, /kəˈmjuːnəlʌɪz/, /kəˈmjuːnl̩ʌɪz/, U.S. /kəˈmjunlˌaɪz/ transitive. To bring under the control or ownership of the (local) community or commune; to make communal.
ΘΚΠ
society > authority > rule or government > politics > political philosophy > socialism > establish on socialist principles [verb (transitive)] > on principles of specific type of socialism
Owenize1831
communize1842
agrarianize1883
communalize1883
collectivize1893
1883 St. James's Gaz. 1 Dec. 3/1 Giving corporations the power to communalize gas and waterworks.
1918 A. Dushkin Jewish Educ. in N.Y. City ii. 33 They took philanthropic education..out of the domain of the synagogue, and communalized it.
1948 Times 12 Feb. 5/7 Land is not communalized, nor is state ownership envisaged.
1978 J. M. Bujra in P. Caplan & J. M. Bujra Women United i. 23 The domestic labourer relates to the survival of the whole group: her labour is communalized rather than privatized.
2001 E. Mueggler Age of Wild Ghosts vi. 186 Many communes had allowed their members to retain small private vegetable plots. These were now communalized.
Derivatives
ˈcommunalizer n. an advocate or exponent of communalization.
ΘΚΠ
society > authority > rule or government > politics > political philosophy > principles of or attachment to types of government > [noun] > provincial or local autonomy > adherent of
provincialist1718
municipalist1858
communalizer1889
regionalist1900
municipalizer1901
1889 Pall Mall Gaz. 14 Oct. 2/3 No candidate need apply who is not a Federalist and a Land Communaliser.
1962 Harvard Law Rev. 75 914 The failure to use the criminal law for one of its central purposes as a solidifier and communalizer of moral values.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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