English Explanatory Dictionary

postcommunist

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. After communism.
noun
  1. A person who holds power in postcommunism

Word forms

postcommunist postcommunists

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *pós Proto-Indo-European *-ti Proto-Indo-European *pósti Proto-Italic *posti Old Latin poste Latin post English post- 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 postcommunist From post- + communist.

Related words

postcommunism postcommunistic post-Soviet
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