decommunize
decommunize verb: to divest of communism.
Verb
decommunize (third-person singular simple present decommunizes, present participle decommunizing, simple past and past participle decommunized)
- 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 of decommunize
| third-person singular present | decommunizes |
|---|---|
| present participle | decommunizing |
| past participle | decommunized |
| past | decommunized |
| alternative form | decommunise |
| alternative form | de-communize |
| alternative form | de-Communize |
Origin of decommunize
From de- + communize.
Questions about decommunize
- What does decommunize mean?
- Decommunize means to divest of communism.
- What part of speech is decommunize?
- Decommunize is a verb.
- What is the past tense of decommunize?
- The past tense of decommunize is decommunized.
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