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communist

communist

993 4.8
Supporting the idea that people share things and work for the community
  • adjective
  • /ˈkɑːmjʊnɪst/
translation icon : comunista
  • The metro is another achievement of the Communist era, and this one can be called a success.
  • Communist Party
  • communist ideology
  • a communist government

Like they're not just anti Castro, they're anti communist to their core because of Castro.

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Examples

  • That America isn't like a communist country that doesn't let you know what's going on, and they just kill people off.

  • We know that I'm scared of the communist government of China.

  • Did you join a communist group?

  • I came from poverty in communist Russia.

  • This is Texas, not Communist Russia.

  • I mean, Cuba obviously has been under communist rule for like a long time.

  • We should be very suspicious of this communist regime.

  • She grew up in East Germany in the days of the communist regime.

  • The Chinese people's tolerance for the dictatorship of the Chinese Communist Party has reached an end.

    Academic text (1990)
  • Many people protested against the communist policies of the government.

Synonyms

communistic
vscommunist
4 7.5

Relating to a system where the state owns things and shares them among people

expresses active support for that ideology and often for an organized party

Antonyms

118 4.6

A person who supports private business and free markets

Against communism and its ideas

Compounds

267 3.5

A political party that wants a society where the state owns businesses and property

A country ruled by the Communist Party since 1949

A short political book by Marx and Engels that explains ideas about workers and society

communist bandit
  • Offensive
1 9.7

An insulting name for a rebel in a communist group who people say steals or uses violence

A system where the government controls what is made, how goods are shared, and their prices

8.6

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

A Japanese far-left group that carried out secret attacks

A government in former Yugoslavia where Serbian communist leaders rule

How Communist

communist
993 4.8
socialist
161 4.9

Surface Forms

communist positive

Morphology

communist = communism (transparent) = commun + ist

The adjective form is clearly derived from 'communism' with the suffix '-ist' indicating relation or support.

Etymology

Communist comes from the Latin word communis, meaning 'shared' or 'common', the same root you see in community and common. So a communist idea or policy is about things being shared by everyone and run for the whole community.