communalize

communalize means to take property into communal ownership.

Etymology

From communal + -ize.

verb

To take property into communal ownership.e.g.“For example, in Plato's Republic, marriage was forbidden, wives were "communalized," and children were separated from their parents and considered orphans of the state.” — 2003, David Levinson, Karen Christensen, Encyclopedia of Community: From the Village to the Virtual World, page 879:
To transfer responsibility and power to the community level.e.g.“Communalizing this wealth means that the power to determine the ultimate uses and disposition of land and water rests with the appropriate territorial community.” — 1979, John Friedmann, Clyde Weaver, Territory and Function: The Evolution of Regional Planning, page 195:
To treat as happening to or belonging to one's own group; to make (something) the subject of empathic understanding.e.g.“In general the world exists not only for isolated men but for the community of men; and this is due to the fact that even what is straightforwardly perceptual is communalized.” — 1986, Steven W. Laycock, James G. Hart, Essays in Phenomenological Theology: 1866-1997, page 177:
To develop into a set of community conventions.e.g.“The speech of insiders is hardly individualized; they are accustomed to communalized speech patterns.” — 1994, International Journal of Dravidian Linguistics - Volumes 23-24, page 35:

Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).

By meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.

communize 83% match — To make something the property of a community. vs communalize →
communalization 77% match — The act or process of communalizing (any sense). vs communalize →
communalism 75% match — The communal ownership of property. vs communalize →
communitize 75% match — To convert into, or include within, a community. vs communalize →
communization 68% match — The act or process of communizing. vs communalize →
communal 67% match — Pertaining to a community or a commune. vs communalize →
commonize 65% match — To make similar or common. vs communalize →
communitization 65% match — The process of forming or becoming a community. vs communalize →