Communism

communism English Pronunciation en /kɒ.mjə.nɪ.zəm/ en /kɒ.mjʊ.nɪ.zəm/ RP, conservative en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Communism.wav Southern England Noun - The ideology of political parties that use the term Communist in their names, usually Marxist and Leninist. The socio-economic system based on such parties' ideologies. en US informal A state of affairs perceived as oppressive, overly arbitrary, or totalitarian. 1953 (pub. 1997), Eugen Rosenstock-Huessy ed., Hinge of Generations-1953 Transcripts .en ..he shouldn't...just...[say]..."I -- I am responsible for prosperity,"...that's Communism, Sir, you see. en 1992 Sylvia Whitman V Is for Victory: The American Home Front During World War II http://books.google.com/books?vid=ISBN0822517272&id=NoieB4ELLAgC&pg=PA57&lpg=PA57&dq=%22that%27s+communism%22&sig=m5yurFCa3ukbwM0VW74RVK4DuD0 Although her elder daughter, Jane, complains, “that's Communism,” Mrs. Hilton rents her own bedroom to a retired colonel. en 1998 Joseph Martin Hernon Profiles in Character: Hubris and Heroism in the U.S. Senate, 1789-1990 http://books.google.com/books?vid=ISBN1563249383&id=ByeH99C-N_AC&pg=PA198&lpg=PA198&dq=%22that%27s+communism%22&sig=fDBorCuRt2cc10fpTCa449WAFKI ...[he] condemned Thurmond's proposal for its “totalitarianism”: “That's Communism....That's China. That's not America. Derived terms Fully Automated Luxury Gay Space Communism Fully Automated Luxury Queer Space Communism Total Boomer Luxury Communism Rock Against Communism en terms suffixed with -ism