1. past tense and past participle of prussianise; to make Prussian in character, style, or organization; to impose Prussian military discipline or administrative methods
Usage: chiefly British spelling; historical; often used in reference to 19th-century military or educational reform

Examples

• The army was prussianised under the new commander, adopting strict hierarchical discipline.
• Educational reformers prussianised the school system to emphasize order and obedience.
• Critics argued that the government had prussianised the civil service with excessive bureaucratic control.
• The military academy prussianised its training methods to match continental standards.
• Some historians believe the nation's institutions were gradually prussianised during the late 1800s.