1. to make Prussian in character, methods, or institutions
Usage: historical
2. to impose strict military discipline or authoritarian control
Usage: historical

Examples

• The new government sought to prussianize the army with rigid discipline.
• Critics argued that the reforms would prussianize the educational system.
• The administration’s attempt to prussianize the bureaucracy met with resistance.
• Many feared the policy would prussianize civil society.
• The military leader tried to prussianize the entire organization.
• Opponents claimed the new rules would prussianize student life.