English Explanatory Dictionary

communist

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Of, relating to, supporting, or advocating communism.
noun
  1. An advocate of a society based on the common ownership of property; a proponent of communism.
  2. Any revolutionary or subversive radical.
noun
  1. A member of a formally constituted Communist Party.
  2. A proponent of the kind of communism formally espoused by such a party, typically either Marxism, or more commonly, Leninism or Maoism.
  3. 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.
  4. Alternative letter-case form of communist, a proponent of the general philosophy of communism.
adj
  1. Of or relating to a formally constituted Communist Party.
  2. Alternative letter-case form of communist, of or related to the general philosophy of communism.
  3. Alternative letter-case form of communistic, embodying the ideals of communism.

Pronunciation

/ˈkɒm.jʊ.nɪst/ En-gb-communist.oga /ˈkɑ.mjə.nɪst/ /ˈkɑ.mju.nɪst/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Simplificationalizer-communist.wav /kəˈmju.nɪsʈ/ /kəˈmjʊ.nɪsʈ/ /komˈmju.nɪst/

Word forms

communist more communist most communist communists Commie Commo

Etymology

Etymology tree 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 From French communiste, from commun (“common, communal”) + -iste (“-ist”). By surface analysis, commune + -ist.

Synonyms

red pink pinko commie commo communazi pinkoid Marxist Bolshevik Leninist Marxist-Leninist Stalinist Stalinite Maoist Chicom Titoist Hoxhaist Sankarist Soviet Red Chinese cadre party member apparatchik

Derived words

anarcho-communist anticommunist Serbo-Communist Communist communist anarchism communist bandit Communist China communist party noncommunist postcommunist Chicom communistic communistical cryptocommunist Eurocommunist femmunist infocommunist Islamocommunist left communist Obamunist precommunist procommunist uncommunist comsymp
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