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unionize

verb
/ˈjuːnjənaɪz//ʌnˈaɪənaɪz/

Etymology

From union + -ize.

  1. derived from ūnus — “one”
  2. derived from ūniō — “oneness, unity”
  3. derived from union
  4. inherited from unyoun
  5. formed as unionize — “union + -ize”

Definitions

  1. To organize workers into a union.

    • The company laid off all the workers when they tried to unionize.
    • My uncle got roughed up by some corporate thugs after they caught him trying to unionize their workers.
    • She attended a teach-in to learn how to unionize her workplace.

  2. Synonym of deionize.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at unionize. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

01unionize02workers03worker04termite05stick06attached07connected08organized09unionized

A definitional loop anchored at unionize. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

9 hops · closes at unionize

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA