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post-communist

post-communist

1 6.8
Relating to a country after a communist government ends
  • adjective
  • /ˌpoʊstˈkɒmjʊnɪst/
translation icon : postcomunista
  • Here, the state of the post-communist societies provides a useful lesson.
  • post-communist countries
  • post-communist state
  • post-communist society

And that asset management company focused on the post communist world, so Russia, the broader CIS, Eastern Europe.

Examples

  • All of this has been changing during the turbulent post-communist period after 1989.

    Academic text (1998)
  • Most Western experts assume that citizens of the post-communist world oppose all forms of government intervention in their lives.

    Academic text (1995)
  • And I myself lived in a post communist country in those days for a long time and was a psychotherapist there.

  • And that asset management company focused on the post communist world, so Russia, the broader CIS, Eastern Europe.

  • The events of the past year painted a depressing picture for most of post-communist Europe.

    Academic text (1993)
  • The economic situation in post-Communist Russia appears equally grim.

    Academic text (1997)
  • Frequent references are made to Spain and Portugal as models for post-communist Europe.

    Academic text (1998)
  • Recent events in the post-communist states of East Central Europe appear to substantiate the truth of this proposition.

    Academic text (1992)
  • One important characteristic of 1992 was the growing differentiation between the various post-communist countries of Eastern Europe.

    Academic text (1993)
  • Many citizens in the post-communist nation struggled to adapt to the new market economy.

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Stalinism
  • Literature
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post-communist
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Surface Forms

post-communist positive

Morphology

post-communist = communist (transparent) = post + communist

The meaning is directly derived from the productive prefix 'post-' (after) added to 'communist', indicating a period or condition following communism.

Etymology

The word post-communist is made of post- meaning 'after' and communist, which comes from the idea of common meaning 'shared'. Think of postwar to help you remember: post-communist describes a country or time 'after' the end of communist rule.