communization n 1: a change from private property to public property owned by the community [syn: {communization}, {communisation}] 2: the organization of a nation of the basis of communism [syn: {communization}, {communisation}] 3: changing something from private to state ownership or control [syn: {nationalization}, {nationalisation}, {communization}, {communisation}] [ant: {denationalisation}, {denationalization}, {privatisation}, {privatization}]