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communist

[kom-yuh-nist]

noun

  1. (initial capital letter)a member of the Communist Party or movement.

  2. an advocate of communism.

  3. a person who is regarded as supporting politically leftist or subversive causes.

  4. (usually initial capital letter)a Communard.



adjective

  1. (initial capital letter)of or relating to the Communist Party or to Communism.

  2. pertaining to communists or communism.

communist

/ ˈɒʊɪ /

noun

  1. a supporter of any form of communism

  2. (often capital) a supporter of Communism or a Communist movement or state

  3. (often capital) a member of a Communist party

  4. (often capital) any person holding left-wing views, esp when considered subversive

  5. a person who practises communal living; communalist

  6. another name for Communard

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

adjective

  1. of, characterized by, favouring, or relating to communism; communistic

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

communist

  1. A supporter of communism.

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Other 51Թ Forms

  • communistic adjective
  • communistical adjective
  • communistically adverb
  • anticommunist noun
  • anticommunistic adjective
  • anticommunistical adjective
  • anticommunistically adverb
  • procommunist adjective
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of communist1

From the French word communiste, dating back to 1835–45. See common, -ist
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Fifty years ago, Martina Navratilova left everything she knew in communist Czechoslovakia to start a new life in the US.

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The government regards the yellow banner with three red stripes as a sign of resistance to the communist regime, violating laws about inciting dissent.

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Photos emerged on Saturday showing the communist revolutionary - who features prominently in Soviet iconography - lying on his back on the ground, having been lowered by crane.

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During the McCarthy era in the 1950s, public servants and private citizens alike were pressured to prove their loyalty to the U.S. government to root out suspected communists.

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A former communist state sanwiched between Russia and China, Mongolia has been transitioning to democracy since the fall of the Soviet Union in the early 1990s.

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