anticommunist
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- adjective
- /ˌæn.tiˈkɒm.jʊ.nɪst/
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anticomunista
- In practice, it meant covert U.S. military and economic support for anticommunist forces in Nicaragua and Afghanistan.
- anticommunist credentials
- anticommunist leader
- anticommunist opposition
Examples
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40 Nonetheless, anticommunist reprisals continued, and the military solidified its role as the state's dominant political actor.
Academic text (2001) -
Slogans conveying anticommunist ideology were seen on the walls of private homes and public buildings.
Academic text (2009) -
In Hungary, playing up the anticommunist issue was clearly in the interest of all the newly formed opposition parties.
Academic text (1991) -
In part, the overriding importance of the anticommunist issue explains this.
Academic text (1991) -
Miracle then became part of the studio's effort to establish its anticommunist credentials.
Academic text (2017) -
Similarly, George Will accused the president of "liquidating the anticommunist enterprise on the basis of negative evidence."
Academic text (1990) -
Despite this, urban Guatemalans' anticommunist opinions were only average in the regional context.
Academic text (2000) -
Yet Miracle can be best understood as a product of Hollywood's anticommunist cycle, consisting of around forty films released between 1948 and 1954.
Academic text (2017) -
One politician took the lead in voicing the dangers of internal communism and spearheaded the anticommunist reaction.
Academic text (1990) -
During the Cold War, many countries adopted anticommunist policies to counter the spread of communism.
Synonyms
Not supporting communism or the communist party
Antonyms
How Opposed
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Anticommunist comes from the parts anti- 'against' and commun- 'common', as in community. So anticommunist describes someone or something that is 'against' the idea of sharing everything, which is why it means opposed to communist ideas.