to bring under the influence or domination of Bolshevists; render Bolshevik or Bolshevistic
intransitive verb
2.
to become Bolshevik or Bolshevistic; act like a Bolshevik
Also: bolshevize, esp Brit bolshevise
Derived forms
Bolshevization
noun
Word origin
[1915–20; bolshev(ist) + -ize]This word is first recorded in the period 1915–20. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: GI, costar, feedback, neorealism, stockpile-ize is a verb-forming suffix occurring originally in loanwords from Greek that have enteredEnglish through Latin or French (baptize; barbarize; catechize); within English, -ize is added to adjectives and nouns to form transitive verbs with the general senses“to render, make” (actualize; fossilize; sterilize; Americanize), “to convert into, give a specified character or form to” (computerize; dramatize; itemize; motorize), “to subject to (as a process, sometimes named after its originator)” (hospitalize; terrorize; galvanize; oxidize; simonize; winterize). Also formed with -ize are a more heterogeneous group of verbs, usually intransitive, denoting a changeof state (crystallize), kinds or instances of behavior (apologize; moralize; tyrannize), or activities (economize; philosophize; theorize)