communist

Definitions

1. Of, relating to, supporting, or advocating communism
2. A member of a formally constituted Communist Party.
3. An advocate of a society based on the common ownership of property; a proponent of communism.
4. An advocate of a society based on the common ownership of property; a proponent of communism
5. A proponent of the kind of communism formally espoused by such a party, typically either Marxism, or more commonly, Leninism or Maoism.
6. Any revolutionary or subversive radical.
   nonstandard
7. Any revolutionary or subversive radical
8. Any citizen of a country controlled by such a party, particularly Red Chinese and (historical) Soviets.
9. Alternative letter-case form of communist, a proponent of the general philosophy of communism.
   alt-of, proscribed, sometimes

Equivalents

Examples

“...all through the between-war years no Socialist programme that was both revolutionary and workable ever appeared; basically, no doubt⟳, because no one genuinely wanted any major change⟳ to happen⟳... The Communists wanted to go on and on, suffering a comfortable martyrdom, meeting with endless defeats and afterwards putting the blame⟳ on other people.”

“I caught a glimpse of them through the half-opened door, and had a passing impression of prosperous and intelligent men, with astrakhan collars to their coats, glistening top-hats, and every appearance of that bourgeois well-being which the successful Communist so readily assumes.”

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