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Comintern

Comintern

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An international group that organized communist parties around the world
  • proper noun
  • /ˈkɒmɪntɜrn/
: Comintern
  • In 1919, delegates from around the globe gathered in Moscow to establish the Comintern as a means to coordinate communist efforts.
  • join the Comintern

Examples

  • On 2 March 1919, fifty-two men and women gathered in Moscow to establish the Comintern.

    Academic text (1995)
  • So the Comintern was seen as a prototype of the future proletariat world Soviet government.

    Academic text (1995)
  • Under pressure from the Comintern, however, the party broke off relations with both groups in 1924.

    Blog text (31)
  • The Comintern was to hold its founding congress in Moscow in March 1919.

    Academic text (1995)
  • In late 1923, after several attempts to renegotiate their relationship with the Comintern, the DNA quit.

    Academic text (1997)
  • While the Bolsheviks firmly established their authority at home, the Comintern fomented revolution throughout the world.

  • A more strongly worded directive from the Comintern eventually did the trick, and the parties were merged in May 1921.

    Blog text (31)
  • All right, comrades, since the first question I'm gonna be asked by the Comintern is gonna be about membership eligibility, I think I'm gonna have to be very clear what our position is in relation to the foreign language federation.

  • Trotsky read the manifesto of the Comintern, sharply criticizing the League of Nations as a world parliament of capitalists.

    Academic text (1995)
  • Comrade Reed, the executive committee of the Comintern has decided against endorsing either The Communist Labor Party or the communist party of America, and instructs the two parties to merge forthwith.

Surface Forms

Comintern main

Morphology

Comintern = communist + international (transparent) = communist + international

A clear shortened blend of 'Communist' + 'International' referring to the Communist International organization, so the meaning follows directly from the bases.

Etymology

Comintern is a short form of the name 'Communist International'; Com- comes from communist and intern- comes from international, so the word means a group of communists working 'internationally'. It was the name of an organization founded in 1919 to connect communist parties in many countries.