communist
Syllables: com·mu·nist/ˈkɒm.jʊ.nɪst/US/ˈkɑ.mjə.nɪst/
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communist adjective: of, relating to, supporting, or advocating communism.
Adjective (1)
communist (comparative more communist, superlative most communist)
- Of, relating to, supporting, or advocating communism.
Noun (1)
communist (plural communists)
- An advocate of a society based on the common ownership of property; a proponent of communism.
- Any revolutionary or subversive radical.
Noun (2) capitalized: Communist
Communist (plural Communists)
- A member of a formally constituted Communist Party.
- ...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...1941, George Orwell, The Lion and the Unicorn, Pt. III
- A proponent of the kind of communism formally espoused by such a party, typically either Marxism, or more commonly, Leninism or Maoism.
- 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.
- For example, what will happen if a landing is achieved and the Communists are advancing with some success?1951, Memorandum on the Substance of Discussions at a Department of State–Joint Chiefs of Staff Meeting, January 30, 1951
- Synonyms:
- Red, cadre, party member, apparatchik, Chicom
- Alternative letter-case form of communist, a proponent of the general philosophy of communism.
Adjective (2) capitalized: Communist
Communist (not comparable)
- Of or relating to a formally constituted Communist Party.
- Alternative letter-case form of communist, of or related to the general philosophy of communism.
- Alternative letter-case form of communistic, embodying the ideals of communism.
communist meaning in Hindi, Marathi, Urdu and Nepali
communist in Hindi
- of or relating to communism
- साम्यवादी sāmyavādī
- person who follows a communist philosophy
- साम्यवादी sāmyavādī, कम्युनिस्ट kamyunisṭ
communist in Marathi
- of or relating to communism
- साम्यवादी sāmyavādī
- person who follows a communist philosophy
- साम्यवादी sāmyavādī, कम्युनिस्ट kamyunisṭa
communist in Urdu
- person who follows a communist philosophy
- کمیونسٹ kamyunisṭ
communist in Nepali
- of or relating to communism
- कम्युनिस्ट kamyunisṭ
More languagesFewer languages
- communist in Pashto
- کمونيستي komunisti, کمونست komunist
- communist in Tagalog
- kalama, komunista
- communist in Arabic
- شُيُوعِيّ šuyūʕiyy, شُيُوعِيَّة šuyūʕiyya
- communist in Malay
- komunis
- communist in Persian
- کمونیست komonist
- communist in Thai
- คอมมิวนิสต์ kɔm-miu-nít
- communist in Vietnamese
- cộng sản, người cộng sản
- communist in Myanmar
- ကွန်မြူနစ် kwanmrunac, ကွန်မြူနစ်ဝါဒီ kwanmrunac-wadi
Examples of communist in a sentence
- During the interwar period, fascists proposed class collaboration as a response to communist class struggle.
- He was blacklisted for refusing to say he wasn't a communist.
- Communists, socialists, and Islamists are against nationalism.
Synonyms of communist
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Forms of communist
| Adjective | |
|---|---|
| comparative | more communist |
| superlative | most communist |
| alternative form | Communist |
| Noun | |
| plural | communists |
| plural | Communists |
| alternative form | Commie |
| alternative form | Commo |
Origin of communist
From French communiste, from commun (“common, communal”) + -iste (“-ist”). By surface analysis, commune + -ist.
Words formed from communist
- communist anarchism
- communist bandit
- Communist China
- communist party
- noncommunist
- postcommunist
- anarcho-communist
- anticommunist
- Serbo-Communist
- Chicom
- communistic
- communistical
- cryptocommunist
- Eurocommunist
- femmunist
- infocommunist
- Islamocommunist
- left communist
- Obamunist
- precommunist
- procommunist
- uncommunist
- comsymp
Phrases with communist
Questions about communist
- What does communist mean?
- Communist means of, relating to, supporting, or advocating communism.
- What is communist in Hindi?
- Communist in Hindi is साम्यवादी (sāmyavādī), कम्युनिस्ट (kamyunisṭ). See Communist meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is communist?
- Communist can be an adjective or a noun.
- How do you pronounce communist?
- Communist is pronounced /ˈkɒm.jʊ.nɪst/ (UK).
Words near communist in the dictionary
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