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Sovietize
[ soh-vee-i-tahyz ]
verb (used with object)
- (sometimes lowercase) to bring under the influence or domination of the Soviet Union.
- (often lowercase) to impose or institute a system of government similar to that of the Soviet Union.
sovietize
/ ˈsəʊvɪɪˌtaɪz; ˈsɒv- /
verb
- to bring (a country, person, etc) under Soviet control or influence
- to cause (a country) to conform to the Soviet model in its social, political, and economic structure
Derived Forms
- ËŒ²õ´Ç±¹¾±±ð³Ù¾±Ëˆ³ú²¹³Ù¾±´Ç²Ô, noun
Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms
- ³§´Çv¾±Â·±ð³Ù·¾±Â·³ú²¹î€ƒt¾±´Ç²Ô noun
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of Sovietize1
Example Sentences
The groundbreaking legislation soon fell victim to Cold War anxieties: Critics said it would “Sovietize†American children and allow the government to control families.
Che kept his criticism to himself at the time when he left, but he was increasingly critical over the need to Sovietize Cuba.
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.
Social Security was actually a plan “to Sovietize America,†a previous head of the Chamber of Commerce said in 1935.
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."
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