verb
- to make Prussian in character, style, or system; to impose Prussian military discipline, organization, or values on a person or institution
Usage: transitive verb; often used in historical or critical contexts; third-person singular present tense of 'prussianize'
Examples
- The military academy prussianizes its cadets through strict discipline and hierarchical training.
- Critics argued that the new education policy prussianizes the school system.
- The general's approach prussianizes every aspect of the regiment's daily operations.
- Historians note how the state prussianizes its bureaucracy in the 19th century.
- The authoritarian regime prussianizes civil institutions to maintain control.