Communising

/ˈkɒmjʊnaɪzɪŋ/ verb, adjective

Definition

The process of converting something into common ownership or organizing it according to communist principles (British spelling present participle).

Etymology

Present participle of communise, formed by adding -ing to the verb stem while maintaining British spelling conventions.

Kelly Says

The gerund 'communising' appears frequently in British academic writing from the 1920s-1970s, particularly in discussions of agricultural collectivization, making it a linguistic fossil of a specific era of political upheaval.

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