1. to make Prussian in character, style, or system; to impose Prussian military discipline or organization
Usage: chiefly British spelling (American: prussianize); historical; often used in reference to 19th-century military or political reform

Examples

• The reformers sought to prussianise the army by introducing strict discipline and hierarchical command structures.
• Critics argued that the new education system would prussianise the schools and stifle individual creativity.
• The government's attempt to prussianise the civil service met with considerable resistance from liberal politicians.
• Military theorists of the era studied how to prussianise their own forces based on Prussian success.
• The cultural movement rejected efforts to prussianise national institutions.