Associations to the word «Sovietize»

Wiktionary

SOVIETIZE, verb. (transitive) To adapt to the sociopolitical standards of the Soviet Union.

Dictionary definition

SOVIETIZE, verb. Bring under Soviet control, of a country.
SOVIETIZE, verb. Model a country's social, political, and economic structure on the Soviet Union; "Castro sovietized Cuba".

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats