Communist
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4.4
- noun
- /ˈkɑːmjʊnɪst/
:
comunista
- If a person consistently reads and advocates the views expressed in a communist publication, he may be a communist.
- turned Communist
Remember Yuri and Masmarov who come out to say the Communists have a plan for America?
- Remember Yuri and Masmarov who come out to say the Communists have a plan for America?
- Sapeshkov adopted the slogan Soviets without Communists.
- I flew to, I flew in Vietnam for the US Marine Corps killing communists.
- And so he allied himself with the Chinese, who he believed were true Communists.
- Onward, Communists, the banner flaps in the film.
- And so that's when the off communists came for us and they cancelled Mark Stein first.
- Marxist communist, Social Democrat, democratic socialist, socialist.
Examples
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WOMAN: Your husband is a communist.
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What happens if the communists win the election?
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That meant that the global communist movement also split.
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The communists have broken through.
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I'm curious, was she, or anyone she knew, a communist in any way?
Blog text (23) -
For the moment, communist prospects look bleak.
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I'm not a communist, Mr Halliday.
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And part of the founding of the EU was to be a bulwark against the communist countries to the east.
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This is a solidarity group with the Cuban communists, with Castro and his regime.
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She identified herself as a communist in the political debate.
Synonyms
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6.3
A person who supports Karl Marx's ideas about class and social equality
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9.1
A person who supports extreme left politics
A person who follows Karl Marx's ideas about politics and the economy
Compounds
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3.5
A political party that wants a society where the state owns businesses and property
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6.3
A short political book by Marx and Engels that explains ideas about workers and society
- Offensive
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9.7
An insulting name for a rebel in a communist group who people say steals or uses violence
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6.4
A system where the government controls what is made, how goods are shared, and their prices
- Offensive
A mocking name for a news channel people use to say it supports the political left
A communist political party that ruled Cambodia from 1975 to 1979 and caused the deaths of millions
- Archaic
A government in former Yugoslavia where Serbian communist leaders rule
Surface Forms
Morphology
Communist = communism (transparent) = commun + ist
The agentive suffix '-ist' attached to the ideology 'communism' yields 'communist' meaning a supporter or member, which learners can directly infer from the base.
Etymology
Communist comes from the Latin root commun- meaning 'common' or 'shared', the same root as community and common, and the ending -ist means a person who believes in something. So a Communist is someone who believes goods and power should be held 'in common' rather than owned by individuals.