Definitions for communism

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communism com·mu·nism

Spelling: [kom-yuh-niz-uh m]

IPA: /ˈkɒm yəˌnɪz əm/

Communism is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 17 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 23 points.

You can make 199 anagrams from letters in communism (cimmmnosu).

Definitions for communism

noun

1. a theory or system of social organization based on the holding of all property in common, actual ownership being ascribed to the community as a whole or to the state.
2. (often initial capital letter) a system of social organization in which all economic and social activity is controlled by a totalitarian state dominated by a single and self-perpetuating political party.
3. (initial capital letter) the principles and practices of the Communist Party.
4. communalism.

Origin of communism

From the French word communisme, dating back to 1835-45. See common, -ism

Examples for communism

communism maintains that social wrongs can be corrected only by violence.

But, unlike some more militant libertarian thinkers, Ron Paul never dismissed the threat of communism during the Cold War.

It is a race as to whether this peninsula will be captured by communism or capitalism.

The utter lack of beds provides a vivid commentary on the extreme nature of communism.

He defied the atheism of communism and the empty religious practices of Putinism.

They were, if you believed the Soviet propaganda machine, a shining example of communism at work.

When communism was a threat, it was construed as a communist plot.

About war there is no difficulty; the principle of communism is adapted to military service.

There is an element of monasticism even in Plato's communism.

Socialism was, on the Continent at least, 'respectable'; communism was the very opposite.