communism
IPA: kˈɑmjʌnɪzʌm
noun
- Any far-left political ideology or philosophy advocating holding the production of resources collectively, especially by seizing it through revolution.
- Any political social system that implements a communist political philosophy.
- The international socialist society where classes, money, and the state no longer exist.
- The ideology of political parties that use the term Communist in their names, usually Marxist and Leninist.
- The socio-economic system based on such parties' ideologies.
- (US, informal) A state of affairs perceived as oppressive, overly arbitrary, or totalitarian.
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Examples of "communism" in Sentences
- Socialism and communism are similar but not the same.
- Pius XI fought the two ascendant ideologies of communism and fascism.
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