Communizing

/ˈkɒmjʊnaɪzɪŋ/ verb, adjective

Definition

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

Etymology

Present participle of communize, formed by adding -ing. Standard American English gerund form following -ize verbs.

Kelly Says

The gerund 'communizing' appears heavily in American Cold War discourse, particularly in descriptions of Soviet expansion, where it became shorthand for a threatening ideological process spreading across nations like a contagion.

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