Sovietize

American  

[soh-vee-i-tahyz] / ˈsoʊ vi ɪˌtaɪz /

especially British, Sovietise

verb (used with object)

Sovietized, Sovietizing

1. (sometimes lowercase) to bring under the influence or domination of the Soviet Union.

2. (often lowercase) to impose or institute a system of government similar to that of the Soviet Union.

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sovietize British  

/ ˈsəʊvɪɪˌtaɪz, ˈsɒv- /

verb

1. to bring (a country, person, etc) under Soviet control or influence

2. to cause (a country) to conform to the Soviet model in its social, political, and economic structure

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Other Word Forms

• Sovietization noun
• sovietization noun

Etymology

Origin of Sovietize

First recorded in 1915–20; soviet + -ize

Example Sentences

Che kept his criticism to himself at the time when he left, but he was increasingly critical over the need to Sovietize Cuba.

From Slate

Nixon’s programs would “Sovietize our youth” declared the conservative magazine Human Events, which imagined children ripped from their mothers’ arms and subjected to institutional care.

From Slate

Social Security was actually a plan “to Sovietize America,” a previous head of the Chamber of Commerce said in 1935.

From New York Times

When he proposed it in 1935, the former head of the chamber of commerce, Silas Hardy Strawn, dubbed the plan an effort "to Sovietize America."

From Time

In an example of the passions aroused by child care, Anti-Feminist Phyllis Schlafly, head of the Eagle Forum, hysterically thunders that the Dodd bill would "Sovietize the American family by warehousing babies" in day-care centers.

From Time Magazine Archive