English Explanatory Dictionary

anticommunist

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Opposed to the tenets of communism.
noun
  1. One who is opposed to the tenets of communism.

Pronunciation

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-anticommunist.wav

Word forms

anticommunist more anticommunist most anticommunist anti-communist anticommunists

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ent- Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₂énts Proto-Indo-European *-i Proto-Indo-European *h₂éntider. Ancient Greek ᾰ̓ντῐ́ (ăntĭ́) Ancient Greek ἀντι- (anti-)der. English anti- Old Latin comoinis Latin commūnis Old French comun French commun Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)der. Latin -istabor. French -iste French communiste English communist English anticommunist From anti- + communist.

Antonyms

procommunist pro-communist

Related words

anticommunism anti-communism
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