[f. next.] The action or fact of socializing or establishing upon a socialistic basis.

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1886.  Pall Mall Gaz., 22 Sept., 11/2. The socialization of the means and instruments for the creation of wealth by the workers.

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1896.  Westm. Gaz., 18 Sept., 2/2. No one could now be found to deny the possibility … of the socialisation of some services.

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