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market communism

market communism noun: a form of communism that also engages to a limited extent with the free market.

Noun

market communism (uncountable)

  1. A form of communism that also engages to a limited extent with the free market.
    • Attempts to introduce versions of "market communism" — in China, Hungary or Yugoslavia — have shown how hard it is to make mainly state-owned economies as nimble as mainly private ones.1988, The Economist, volume 306, numbers 7532-7539, page 13
    • These second tier businesses too might prefer the luxury of rentier satisficing, but lacking “godfathers,” are compelled to behave more or less like neoclassical profit-seekers. They are the “market” heart of Chinese market communism; […]2011, Steven Rosefielde, Masaaki Kuboniwa, Satoshi Mizobata, Two Asias: The Emerging Postcrisis Divide, page 432

Questions about market communism

What does market communism mean?
Market communism means a form of communism that also engages to a limited extent with the free market.
What part of speech is market communism?
Market communism is a noun.

Words near market communism in the dictionary

  1. market citizen
  2. market citizenship
  3. market class
  4. market clearing
  5. market clearings
  6. market communism
  7. market cross
  8. market crosses
  9. market day
  10. market days
  11. Market Deeping

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