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Synonyms for communist

Grammar : Noun
Spell : kom-yuh-nist
Phonetic Transcription : ˈkɒm yə nɪst

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Définition of communist

Origin :
  • 1841, as both a noun and adjective, from French communiste (see communism). First attested in writing by John Goodwin Barmby (1820-1881), British Owenite and utopian socialist who founded the London Communist Propaganda Society in 1841. Main modern sense emerged after publication of Communist Manifesto ("Manifest der Kommunistischen Partei") in 1848. Shortened form Commie attested from 1940. Related: Communistic.
  • noun card-carrying communist
Example sentences :
  • Godwin was a communist, and so, in some degree, were most of his friends.
  • Extract from : « Shelley, Godwin and Their Circle » by H. N. Brailsford
  • At Paris, later on, he took part in the Communist rising, and was condemned to death.
  • Extract from : « A Zola Dictionary » by J. G. Patterson
  • Introduction to the Communist Manifesto (English edition, 1888).
  • Extract from : « Socialism » by John Spargo
  • It is inaccurate to refer to the eastern part of Germany as "communist Germany."
  • Extract from : « The Invisible Government » by Dan Smoot
  • The Foreign Policy Association is not a communist organization.
  • Extract from : « The Invisible Government » by Dan Smoot
  • The flashes of fire from the Loyal and Communist batteries were incessant.
  • Extract from : « A Girl of the Commune » by George Alfred Henty
  • There is nothing Bolshevist or even Communist about the temperance cabman.
  • Extract from : « What I Saw in America » by G. K. Chesterton
  • Has not the Minister a hand in this mysterious disappearance of Communist literature?
  • Extract from : « Edmond Dants » by Edmund Flagg
  • The Republican and Communist power augments in its systematized order.
  • Extract from : « Edmond Dants » by Edmund Flagg
  • Foureau and Marescot interrupted him, exclaiming that he was a communist.
  • Extract from : « Bouvard and Pcuchet » by Gustave Flaubert

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