BOLSHEVIZE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does bolshevize mean? 

• BOLSHEVIZE (verb)
  The verb BOLSHEVIZE has 1 sense:

1. make Communist or bring in accord with Communist principles

  Familiarity information: BOLSHEVIZE used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BOLSHEVIZE (verb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Make Communist or bring in accord with Communist principles

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Synonyms:

bolshevise; bolshevize; communise; communize

Context example:

communize the government

Hypernyms (to "bolshevize" is one way to...):

alter; change; modify (cause to change; make different; cause a transformation)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

Derivation:

Bolshevik (a Russian member of the left-wing majority group that followed Lenin and eventually became the Russian communist party)