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communalize

American  
[kuh-myoon-l-ahyz, kom-yuh-nl-] / kəˈmyun lˌaɪz, ˈkɒm yə nl- /
especially British, communalise

verb (used with object)

communalized, communalizing

  1. to make communal; to make (land, a business, etc.) the property of the community.

    The town communalized the estate for a public park.
communalize British  
/ ˈkɒmjʊnəˌlaɪz /

verb

  1. (tr) to render (something) the property of a commune or community

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Other Word Forms

  • communalization noun
  • communalizer noun

Etymology

Origin of communalize

First recorded in 1880–85; communal + -ize

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