Maoize verb2 •To bring under the political control of Mao Zedong.This order was given just after Prince Sihanouk reacted against the attempt to "Maoize" Cambodia. — 1968 •To cause to conform to the ideology of Mao Zedong and his Cultural Revolution.After Mao's death, the new leadership gradually decided to de-Maoize China and so begins the de-emphasis of the role of ideology, but in the process they had to project a counter-ideology. — 1989 formsMaoized · Maoizing · Maoizes