dekulakize

== English == === Etymology === From de- +‎ kulak +‎ -ize, a calque of Russian раскула́чить (raskuláčitʹ), from рас- (ras-) (a variant of раз- (raz-, “prefix meaning ‘removing, undoing’”)) + кула́к (kulák, “wealthy peasant”, literally “fist”) + -и (-i) + -ть (-tʹ, “suffix indicating infinitives of verbs”). === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /dɪˈkuːlækaɪz/ (General American) IPA(key): /dɪˈkulæˌkaɪz/ Hyphenation: de‧ku‧lak‧ize === Verb === dekulakize (third-person singular simple present dekulakizes, present participle dekulakizing, simple past and past participle dekulakized) (transitive, historical) Usually with reference to the Soviet Union and communist Eastern Europe: to dispossess a kulak (that is, a prosperous peasant) of his or her property and/or rights. [from 20th c.] ==== Alternative forms ==== dekulakise (Britain, Commonwealth of Nations) de-kulakize ==== Derived terms ==== dekulakization ==== Translations ==== === Further reading === dekulakization on Wikipedia.Wikipedia