communist

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   A person who believes in communism, a system where property is owned by the community as a whole.

   As a young man, he became a communist and dreamed of a society without private wealth.

2. 2
   noun

   A member of an official Communist Party.

   During the Cold War, many feared that communists had infiltrated the government.

3. 3
   adj

   Relating to or supporting communism.

   The communist government took control of all the country's factories and farms.

From French communiste, from commun (“common, communal”) + -iste (“-ist”). By surface analysis, commune + -ist.

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