Verb: stalinize 'staa-lu,nIz
- Transform in accordance with Stalin's policies
"Russia was slowly stalinized after Lenin's death";
- stalinise [Brit]
- Social process of adopting (or being forced to adopt) the policies and practices of Joseph Stalin
"many Hungarians refused to take part in the Stalinization of their country";
- Stalinisation [Brit]
Type of: social process, transform, transmute, transubstantiate
Encyclopedia: Stalinization