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
   • This order was given just after Prince Sihanouk reacted against the attempt to "Maoize" Cambodia.1968, Daily Report: Asia & Pacific - Issues 57-70, page 29
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
   • After Mao's death, the new leadership gradually decided to de-Maoize China and so begins the de-emphasis of the role of ideology, but in the process they had to project a counter-ideology.1989, Naranarayan Das, Contemporary Chinese Politics And Foreign Policy, page 97