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decommunize

verb

Etymology

From de- + communize.

  1. derived from commūne — “community, state”
  2. derived from commūnia
  3. derived from comune
  4. inherited from commune
  5. suffixed as communize — “commune + ize”
  6. prefixed as decommunize — “de + communize”

Definitions

  1. 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.

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