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para-communism

para-communism noun: an ideology or organization bearing similarities with communism.

Noun

para-communism (uncountable)

  1. An ideology or organization bearing similarities with communism.
    • In a later section we must examine communism as a world force, but here it is to be observed that just as Chinese democracy is not the same thing as Western democracy but a para-democracy, so Chinese communism is not by any means the Russian article, but a para-communism.1939, H. G. Wells, “The Chinese Outlook”, in The Fate of Man (Essay Index Reprint Series), Freeport, NY: Books for Libraries Press, published 1970, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 182
    • It was Chiang who, on the advice of Borodin and his numerous Russian assistants, gave the Kuomintang (National People's Party) a definite Communist tinge and an organization akin to that of the Soviet Communist Party and the party cells. Kuomintang was consequently described by some observers as a...1968, W. Petro, Triple Commission, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 96

Examples of para-communism in a sentence

  • Kuomintang was consequently described by some observers as a kind of para-communism.1968, W. Petro, Triple Commission, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 96:
  • Indeed, at the heart of the allergy of communism and para-communism to the environmental cause is the Marxist heritage which, in this area, was carefully preserved by Lenin and his successors.2022, Philippe Buton, “The French Left and the Politicization of Environmental Issues”, in European History Quarterly, volume 52, number 3...

Origin of para-communism

From para- (prefix meaning ‘alongside, beside’) + communism.

Questions about para-communism

What does para-communism mean?
Para-communism means an ideology or organization bearing similarities with communism.
How do you use para-communism in a sentence?
Kuomintang was consequently described by some observers as a kind of para-communism.
What part of speech is para-communism?
Para-communism is a noun.

Words near para-communism in the dictionary

  1. para-athletes
  2. para-athletics
  3. para-autochthonous
  4. para-badminton
  5. para-biathlon
  6. para-communism
  7. para-dressage
  8. para-equestrian
  9. para-fascism
  10. para-fascist
  11. para-fascists

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