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Maoise

Maoise is the alternative form of Maoize.

Meaning of Maoize

Verb

Maoize (third-person singular simple present Maoizes, present participle Maoizing, simple past and past participle Maoized)

  1. To bring under the political control of Mao Zedong.
    • In the second half of the Sixties Mao's foreign policy has proved fruitless. He has not carried out his most intelligent plans. His attempts to "Maoize" Indonesia, and in one stroke grab various Indian Ocean lands, served only to strengthen the Indonesian reaction.1968, Atlas, page 27
  2. To cause to conform to the ideology of Mao Zedong and his Cultural Revolution.
    • But from the 1950s onwards the radical politics pursued at home, such as the communization of the economy and the campaign to Maoize the political and social behavior of the masses, brought about a head-on collision with the Muslim minority.1981, Asian Survey - Volume 21, page 903

Forms of Maoise

third-person singular presentMaoises
present participleMaoising
past participleMaoised
pastMaoised

Questions about Maoise

What is Maoise the alternative form of?
Maoise is the alternative form of Maoize.

Words near Maoise in the dictionary

  1. Maohis
  2. MAOI
  3. Maoian
  4. MAOIs
  5. Maoisation
  6. Maoise
  7. Maoised
  8. Maoises
  9. Maoising
  10. Maoism
  11. Maoisms

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