Communised

Part of speech: adjective, verb

Definitions

1. Describes a state or process by which property, resources, or means of production are collectively owned or controlled by the community as a whole rather than individuals ; relates to adopting a system where all members share equally in ownership and benefits ; indicates the transformation of ownership structures towards communal rather than private control
2. Refers to the condition or action of instituting collective ownership of assets or enterprises by a society ; involves the distribution and management of resources so that no individual owns exclusive rights ; represents the shift towards a social arrangement emphasizing equal access and shared responsibility over goods
3. Signifies the implementation or existence of a communal system wherein property and industries are owned and managed jointly ; entails removing private control and placing resources under collective stewardship ; implies a societal model driven by common ownership and equal distribution of wealth and production means

Etymology: "Communised" is the past tense and past participle of "communise," a verb built from "commune" with the suffix "-ise," which turns a noun or adjective into a verb meaning to make or bring into a certain state. Here the base is the noun "commune," so to communise something is to convert it into common or collectively held property, the sense of the word most often seen in political writing. The base word carries the older idea. "Commune" traces back to Latin "communis," meaning shared by all or belonging to many, and its English use as a noun for a self-governing community or group living together came later. Because the suffix does the work of turning a shared thing into an action, the verb keeps the sense of the shared base while adding the sense of making it so.

Synonyms: socialized, collectivized, nationalized, communalized, cooperativized

Antonyms: privatized, capitalized, individualized, freed, liberalized