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commie

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com·mie also Com·mie  (km)
n. Informal
A Communist.

[Short for Communist.]

commie, commy [ˈkɒmɪ]
n pl -mies
adj
(Government, Politics & Diplomacy) Informal and derogatory short for communist
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.commie - a socialist who advocates communism
apparatchik - a communist who was a member of the administrative system of a communist party
Bolshevist, Bolshevik - a Russian member of the left-wing majority group that followed Lenin and eventually became the Russian communist party
Comrade - a fellow member of the Communist Party
revisionist - a Communist who tries to rewrite Marxism to justify a retreat from the revolutionary position
socialist - a political advocate of socialism
Translations
commie [ˈkɒmɪ]
A. ADJrojo
B. Nrojo/a m/f
commie [ˈkɒmi] n (pejorative) (=communist) → coco m >
commie (pej inf)
nRote(r) mf (pej inf)
adjrot (pej inf)


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