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decommunize en · VERB

Etymology

From de- + communize.

Meanings

  1. (transitive) To divest of communism.
    • The new vision of NATO, as outlined by Baker in his speech at Berlin on December 12, 1989, of reaching out for relationships with the decommunizing states of Eastern Europe, was to be met with resistance by the French president. 2001, Charles Cogan, The Third Option: The Emancipation of European Defense, 1989-2000, page 27:

Forms

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de-communize alternative lexicographic
de-Communize alternative lexicographic
decommunise alternative lexicographic
decommunizes Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
decommunized Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
decommunized Tense=Past lexicographic
decommunizing Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic

Relateds

decommunization

Translations (5)

uk декомунізува́ти (To divest of communism) · de entkommunisieren (To divest of communism) · pl dekomunizować (To divest of communism) · fr décommuniser (To divest of communism) · ru декоммунизи́ровать (To divest of communism)