Meanings
bolshevize1
present singular third person bolshevizes · participle present bolshevizing · participle past bolshevized · past bolshevized
- transitiveTo make Bolshevik.
1 more example
Moscow doubtless wants to make trouble for the Western Powers so far as she can without losing their recognition or encouraging actual hostility. She wants peace and trade and an opportunity for internal economic reconstruction above everything just now. It seems doubtful whether she expects to Bolshevize China, though she wants China fully independent of Western imperialism and friendly to her.
1927 May, Quincy Wright, “Bolshevist Influences in China”, in Current History, volume XXVI, number 2, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 302, column 2
Bolshevize2
present singular third person Bolshevizes · participle present Bolshevizing · participle past Bolshevized · past Bolshevized
- alternativeAlternative form of bolshevize.
Synonyms & antonyms
verbmake Communist or bring in accord with Communist principles
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Translations
Arabic بَلْشَفَ
- بَلْشَفَ (balšafa)to make Bolshevik
Finnish bolševisoida
- bolševisoidato make Bolshevik
German bolschewisieren
- bolschewisierento make Bolshevik
Hungarian bolsevizál
- bolsevizálto make Bolshevik
Polish bolszewizować, zbolszewizować
- bolszewizowaćto make Bolshevik
- zbolszewizowaćto make Bolshevik
Russian большевизи́ровать
- большевизи́ровать (bolʹševizírovatʹ)to make Bolshevik
Cite this entry
bolshevize. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bolshevize
“bolshevize.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bolshevize. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “bolshevize,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bolshevize.
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