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Communist
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communist
English
Alternative forms
en Commie; en Commo Australia
Noun
A member of a formally constituted Communist Party.
en 1941 w:George Orwell The Lion and the Unicorn: Socialism and the English Genius The Lion and the Unicorn Pt. III ...all through the between-war years no Socialist programme that was both revolutionary and workable ever appeared; basically, no doubt, because no one genuinely wanted any major change to happen... The Communists wanted to go on and on, suffering a comfortable martyrdom, meeting with endless defeats and afterwards putting the blame on other people.
A proponent of the kind of communism formally espoused by such a party, typically either Marxism, or more commonly, Leninism or Maoism.
en inexact Any member of an organization, especially a military force, controlled and led by a formally constituted Communist Party, even if most individual members of the organization are not party members.
en 1951 Memorandum on the Substance of Discussions at a Department of State–Joint Chiefs of Staff Meeting, January 30, 1951 https://history.state.gov/historicaldocuments/frus1951v07p2/d16 For example, what will happen if a landing is achieved and the Communists are advancing with some success?
en inexact sometimes _ proscribed en communist, a proponent of the general philosophy of communism.
Synonyms
party member en Red, en cadre, en party member, en apparatchik general; en Chicom PRC
philosophical proponent en Red, en Marxist general; en Bolshevik, en Leninist, en Marxist-Leninist, en Stalinist, en Stalinite USSR; en Maoist, en Chicom PRC; en Titoist Yugoslavia; en Hoxhaist Albania; en Sankarist Burkina Faso
citizen of a communist country en Red general; en Soviet USSR; en Red Chinese, en Chicom PRC
Translations
communist
Adjective
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Of or relating to a formally constituted Communist Party.
en inexact sometimes _ proscribed en communist, of or related to the general philosophy of communism.
en inexact sometimes _ proscribed en communistic, embodying the ideals of communism.
Translations
communist
Derived terms
en comsymp Communist China Communistphobia ex-Communist
Anagrams
en cimmnostu uncommits
en Communism Political parties