The meaning of Communist

adjective

Opposed to or directed against capitalism (= an economic and political system in which property, business, and industry are controlled by private owners rather than by the state, with the purpose of making a profit)

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Police detained hundreds of anti-capitalist protesters who tried to block the streets., he is staun…

noun

A member of the majority faction of the russian social democratic party, which seized power in the october revolution of 1917.

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When the bolsheviks seized power in 1917, few observers outside russia expected the new regime to s…

adjective

Relating to or characteristic of bolsheviks or bolshevism.

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The bolshevik revolution

noun

A member of the political party introduced by lenin in russia in 1917

noun

A supporter or member of the majority faction of the russian social democratic party, which seized power in the october revolution of 1917.

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The seizure of power by the bolshevists

adjective

(of a person or attitude) deliberately combative or uncooperative.

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I was a bolshie teenager, full of argument

noun

A bolshevik or socialist.

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Old bolshies will spin this story to defend lenin and communism.

adjective

Relating to the practice or principle of giving a group priority over each individual in it.

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Collectivist cultures had disciplined and cooperative work forces

noun

An adherent of the practice or principle of giving a group priority over each individual in it.

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An entire nation of collectivists

adjective

Having a political system based on the principle of collectivism, or relating to the theory of collectivism

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In the collectivist cultures, the effect of working hours is not as disruptive as for managers work…

noun

A communist.

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It's now 13 years since the commies got booted out, and free enterprise is booming.

adjective

Communist.

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For fifty years, poland was under nazi, then stalinist, then various other forms of commie dominati…

adjective

On, towards, or relating to the side of a human body or of a thing that is to the west when the person or thing is facing north.

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Her left eye

adverb

On or to the left side.

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Turn left here

noun

Relating to a person or group favouring radical, reforming, or socialist views; left wing.

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Left periodicals such as marxism today

noun

A person with left-wing political views.

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These values are shared by many leftists

adjective

Having or relating to left-wing political views.

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Leftist rebels

noun

A supporter of the political left

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Rightists revered him; leftists reviled him., in her view, he was significantly more of a leftist t…

noun

Someone who believes in the social, political, and economic principles and theories developed from marxism by the russian politician v. i. lenin, supporting direct rule by workers

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Solzhenitsyn was strictly speaking a leninist., radek reached an agreement with the leninists., the…

adjective

Believing in the social, political, and economic principles and theories developed from marxism by the russian politician v. i. lenin, supporting direct rule by workers

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The world was ready to overlook the party's leninist ideology., adopting tough leninist language, h…

noun

A follower of the communist doctrines of mao zedong.

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The army thought he was a maoist

adjective

Relating to or denoting the communist doctrines of mao zedong.

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Maoist policies

adjective

Of or relating to the type of communism introduced in china by mao zedong

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She recounts her student days as a maoist radical., the country faced a maoist rebellion., he began…

noun

A supporter of the political and economic theories of karl marx and friedrich engels.

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Some of the workers are marxists

adjective

Relating to or denoting the political and economic theories of karl marx and friedrich engels.

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Marxist ideology

noun

A supporter of marxism

adjective

Of a colour at the end of the spectrum next to orange and opposite violet, as of blood, fire, or rubies.

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Her red lips

noun

Red colour or pigment.

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Their work is marked in red by the teacher

prefix

Variant spelling of re- before a vowel (as in redolent ).

noun

A person who advocates or practises socialism.

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She was a lifelong socialist

adjective

Adhering to or based on the principles of socialism.

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The history of socialist movement

noun

An elected local, district, or national council in the former soviet union.

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Legislative power, for its part, was vested in the ussr supreme soviet and in the constituent sovie…

adjective

Of or concerning the former soviet union.

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The soviet leader

noun

A group elected to govern a region or area in a communist country (= one based on public ownership of property and control of production)

adjective

Having or relating to opinions that are on the extreme political left

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The organization draws its members from both the ultra-left and ultra-right wings of politics., the…