communism
noun[U]
politics(alsoCommunism)uk/ˈkɒm.jə.nɪ.zəm/us/ˈkɑː.mjə.nɪ.zəm/thebeliefin asocietywithout differentsocialclassesin which themethodsofproductionareownedandcontrolledby allitsmembers, and everyoneworksas much as they can andreceiveswhat they need, or asocialandpoliticalsystembasedon thisbelief:
Even many whodislikedcommunismsawmeritin hisideas.
Hesawthedebateas one betweenConservatismand Communism.
Much of the region'sindustrycollapsedafter thefallof communism.
Compare
capitalism
socialism
- The 1970switnessedthe first of the pop-star'sdallianceswith communism.
- Marx was theprogenitorof Communism.
- There are fewtruebelieversin communismleftin theparty.
- Thewholeapparatusof Communism wasfallingapart.
- Thefilmis in somewaysachronicleof late communism in Romania.
Politics - general words
- anti-capitalism
- anti-capitalist
- anti-communism
- anti-communist
- anti-fascism
- laissez-faire
- left
- left of centre
- leftist
- leftward
- parliament
- party politics
- personality cult
- pinko
- plank
- super-conservative
- Thatcherism
- the Third Way
- Tory
- Toryism