anti-communism
noun[U]
(alsoanti-Communism,anticommunism)uk/ˌæn.tiˈkɒm.jə.nɪ.zəm/us/ˌæn.taɪˈkɑː.mjə.nɪ.zəm/oppositiontopoliticalsystemsbasedoncommunism(= thebeliefin asocietywithout differentsocialclassesin which themethodsofproductionareownedandcontrolledby allitsmembersand everyoneworksas much as they can andreceiveswhat they need):
This was aperiodofgrowinganti-communism, with theEasternbloccrumbling.
the anti-communism of the Cold Warera
McCarthycombinedanintenseanticommunism withsupportforracialdesegregation.
- Bothpartieswerecommittedto anti-communism.
- He wasconsideredareliableallyon acount of hisferventanti-communism.
- Hisardentanticommunism was one of thedefiningcharacteristicsof hisperiodofoffice.
- Politicians weredefinedbytheirattitudestocommunismand anti-communism.
- As ayoungman he wassteepedin anti-Communism.
- thecausesof anti-Communism andMcCarthyism
Politics - general words
- anti-capitalism
- anti-capitalist
- anti-communist
- anti-fascism
- anti-liberal
- laissez-faire
- left
- left of centre
- leftist
- leftward
- parliament
- party politics
- personality cult
- pinko
- plank
- super-conservative
- Thatcherism
- the Third Way
- Tory
- Toryism
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