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Communist

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Com·mu·nist  (kmy-nst)
n.
1.
a. A member of a Marxist-Leninist party.
b. A supporter of such a party or movement.
2. A Communard.
3. often communist A radical viewed as a subversive or revolutionary.
adj.
1. often communist Relating to, characteristic of, or held to resemble communism or Communists.
2. communist Supporting, advocating, or serving to further communism: communist propaganda.

communist [ˈkɒmjʊnɪst]
n
1. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) a supporter of any form of communism
2. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) (often capital) a supporter of Communism or a Communist movement or state
3. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) (often capital) a member of a Communist party
4. (Sociology) a person who practises communal living; communalist
5. (Historical Terms) another name for Communard
adj
(Government, Politics & Diplomacy) of, characterized by, favouring, or relating to communism; communistic
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.CommunistCommunist - a member of the communist party      
Communist Party - a political party that actively advocates a communist form of government; in Communist countries it is the sole political party of the state
pol, political leader, politico, politician - a person active in party politics
2.communist - 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
Adj.1.communist - relating to or marked by communism; "Communist Party"; "communist governments"; "communistic propaganda"

communist
noun (often cap.) socialist, Red (informal), Marxist, Bolshevik, collectivist Its leader is a former Communist who joined the dissident movement in 1989.
Quotations
"What is a communist? One who hath yearnings"
"For equal division of unequal earnings" [Ebenezer Elliot Epigram]
Translations
communist [ˈkɒmjʊnɪst]
A. ADJcomunista
B. Ncomunista mf
C. CPD Communist party Npartido m comunista

communist [ˈkɒmjʊnɪst]
adjcommuniste
the Communist Party → le Parti communiste
ncommuniste mf

communist
nKommunist(in) m(f)

communist [ˈkɒmjʊnɪst] adj & ncomunista (m/f)
communist [ˈkɒmjʊnɪst] adj & ncomunista (m/f)

Communist شيوعى komunista, komunistický kommunist, kommunistisk Kommunist, kommunistisch κομουνιστής, κομουνιστικός comunista kommunisti, kommunistinen communiste komunist, komunistički comunista 共産主義の, 共産主義者 공산주의의, 공산주의자 communist, communistisch kommunist, kommunistisk komunista, komunistyczny comunista коммунист, коммунистический kommunist, kommunistisk เกี่ยวกับคอมมิวนิสต์, คอมมิวนิสต์ toplumcu người cộng sản, theo chủ nghĩa cộng sản 共产主义的, 共产主义者


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The vile Laws of Supply and Demand shall find labor scarce in that agricultural district; and pitiless Political Economy shall spend a few extra shillings on the poor, as certainly as I am that Radical, Communist, and Incendiary--Julian Gray
If Napoleon the First had stood in the shoes of Louis XVI that day, instead of being merely a casual and unknown looker-on, there would be no Lion of Lucerne, now, but there would be a well-stocked Communist graveyard in Paris which would answer just as well to remember the 10th of August by.
There were a dozen requests for autographs - he knew them at sight; there were professional begging letters; and there were letters from cranks, ranging from the man with a working model of perpetual motion, and the man who demonstrated that the surface of the earth was the inside of a hollow sphere, to the man seeking financial aid to purchase the Peninsula of Lower California for the purpose of communist colonization.
 
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