commie

C2+ Topic:Describing Qualities

US /ˈkɑmi/ UK /ˈkɒmi/ See IPA manual

noun adj

Meanings

1

noun
a communist (informal, usually derogatory)

During the scare, neighbors accused one another of being a commie.

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1 noun · a communist (informal,... communist redbolshevikleftist

Opposites

capitalist

Word family

Related forms communism communist communistic

Etymology

Informal shortening of communist + -ie, ultimately from Latin communis ('common, shared'), from com- ('together') + munus ('duty, gift, office').

communis Latin munus Latin

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# commie

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** noun, adj
**IPA (US):** ˈkɑmi
**IPA (UK):** ˈkɒmi

## Meanings
1. a communist (informal, usually derogatory)

## Examples
- During the scare, neighbors accused one another of being a commie.

## Synonyms
- communist
- red
- bolshevik
- leftist

## Antonyms
- capitalist

## Related Forms
- communism
- communist
- communistic

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: communis
- Root: munus

## Etymology
Informal shortening of communist + -ie, ultimately from Latin communis ('common, shared'), from com- ('together') + munus ('duty, gift, office').

## AI Etymology
Commie is traced as follows: Informal shortening of communist + -ie, ultimately from Latin communis ('common, shared'), from com- ('together') + munus ('duty, gift, office'). The historical trail runs through communis in Latin and munus in Latin. Morphologically, commie is transparent: informal shortening of communist + -ie, ultimately from Latin communis ('common, shared'), from com- ('together') + munus ('duty, gift, office'). Used as a noun and adjective, commie now means "a communist (informal, usually derogatory)", so the present definition can be read against the older forms and meanings. The same lexical family is also visible in related forms such as communism, communist, and communistic. The result is a borrowed or transmitted form whose modern spelling carries a compact record of its route into English.

## Topics
- Describing Qualities
- Register & Style

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