decommunize en · VERB
Etymology
From de- + communize.
Meanings
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(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
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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
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)