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postcommunist

postcommunist adjective: after communism.

Adjective

postcommunist (not comparable)

  1. After communism.
    • This book differs in focus, argument, and method from other available studies on postcommunist Russia.2005, Michael Steven Fish, Democracy derailed in Russia: the failure of open politics

Noun

postcommunist (plural postcommunists)

  1. A person who holds power in postcommunism

Forms of postcommunist

pluralpostcommunists

Origin of postcommunist

From post- + communist.

Questions about postcommunist

What does postcommunist mean?
Postcommunist means after communism.
What part of speech is postcommunist?
Postcommunist can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near postcommunist in the dictionary

  1. postcommissures
  2. postcommissurotomy
  3. postcommunion
  4. postcommunions
  5. postcommunism
  6. postcommunist
  7. postcommunists
  8. postcommute
  9. postcompetition
  10. postcompletion
  11. postcompose

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