collapse of communism
collocation in Englishmeaningsofcollapseandcommunism
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collapse
noun
uk/kəˈlæps/us/kəˈlæps/
the sudden failure of a system, organization, ...
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communism
noun[U]
uk/ˈkɒm.jə.nɪ.zəm/us/ˈkɑː.mjə.nɪ.zəm/
the belief in a society without different social classes in which the methods of production are owned and controlled by all its members, and everyone works as much as they can and receives what they need, or a social and political system based on ...
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(Definition ofcollapseandcommunismfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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The former communist countries shared the same type of economic system before thecollapseofcommunism.
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Initial economic condition variables, cultural variables, and ethnic composition of the population before thecollapseofcommunismare the main exogenous variables.
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This paper might be classified as yet another in a continuous flow of scientific contributions, inspired by thecollapseofcommunism.
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Thecollapseofcommunismand of state socialism has removed the major ideological obstacle to global extension of the free market.
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Much of the optimism in the aftermath of thecollapseofcommunismhas evaporated.
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With thecollapseofcommunism, their attempts to create a stable society will not be without difficulty.
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Who would have believed that we would see thecollapseofcommunism?
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We had felt that thecollapseofcommunismwould automatically lead to democracy.
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I never thought that thecollapseofcommunismwould happen so quickly or come so soon.
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It seems to me that another weakness is the continuing love affair which still exists, despite thecollapseofcommunism, with the idea of revolution.
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Thirdly, we have seen thecollapseofcommunismwhich, despite its obvious advantages, has brought with it many dangers and widespread instability.
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Thecollapseofcommunismwill in due course open up vast opportunities for trade and investment.
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With thecollapseofcommunism, overt criminal activity has increased.
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We are keeping our defences strong, and that has helped to bring about thecollapseofcommunism.
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With thecollapseofcommunismcome new problems, both economic and political.
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Thecollapseofcommunismchanged all that.
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It is not an exact parallel, but there are similarities with thecollapseofcommunism, when the inefficient were subsidised at the expense of the efficient.
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It is probably the most powerful force that exists internationally, with thecollapseofcommunism, which was, after all, in a sense a perverse form of religion.
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I believe passionately that the changes of 1989 and 1990, thecollapseofcommunismand the end of a wasteful, divisive and dangerous cold war, were genuinely welcome developments.
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The bunkers were abandoned following thecollapseofcommunismin 1990.
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