adj
Meaning 1
Of, relating to, supporting, or advocating communism.
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Standard Lemma guide
communist
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US: /ˈkɑ.mjə.nɪst/
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adj
Meaning 2
Of or relating to a formally constituted Communist Party.
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Usage: not-comparable
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adj
Meaning 3
Alternative letter-case form of communist, of or related to the general philosophy of communism.
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Usage: alt-of, not-comparable, proscribed, sometimes
Qualifier: inexact
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adj
Meaning 4
Alternative letter-case form of communistic, embodying the ideals of communism.
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Usage: alt-of, not-comparable, proscribed, sometimes
Qualifier: inexact
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noun
Meaning 5
An advocate of a society based on the common ownership of property; a proponent of communism.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: communism, government, human-sciences, ideology, philosophy, politics, sciences
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noun
Meaning 6
Any revolutionary or subversive radical.
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Usage: nonstandard
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noun
Meaning 7
A member of a formally constituted Communist Party.
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noun
Meaning 8
A proponent of the kind of communism formally espoused by such a party, typically either Marxism, or more commonly, Leninism or Maoism.
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noun
Meaning 9
Any member of an organization, especially a military force, controlled and led by a formally constituted Communist Party, even if most individual members of the organization are not party members.
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noun
Meaning 10
Alternative letter-case form of communist, a proponent of the general philosophy of communism.
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Usage: alt-of, proscribed, sometimes
Qualifier: inexact
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adjective
Meaning 11
relating to or marked by communism
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- Communist Party
- communist governments
- communistic propaganda
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Synonyms: communistic
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noun
Meaning 12
a socialist who advocates communism
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: commie
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Broader terms: socialist
Narrower terms: apparatchik, Bolshevik, Bolshevist, Comrade, revisionist, Mao, Mao Zedong, Mao Tsetung, Reed, John Reed, Stalin, Joseph Stalin, Iosif Vissarionovich Dzhugashvili, Zhou En-lai, Chou En-lai
noun
Meaning 13
a member of the communist party
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: politician, politico, pol, political leader
History
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *mey- Proto-Indo-European *ḱom-moy-ni-s Proto-Italic *kommoinis Old Latin comoinis Latin commūnis Old French comun French commun Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -istabor. French -iste French communiste English communist From French communiste, from commun (“common, communal”) + -iste (“-ist”). By surface analysis, commune + -ist.
Across languages
Translations
198 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Arabic: شُيُوعِيّ (šuyūʕiyy) — of or relating to communism
- Arabic: شُيُوعِيَّة (šuyūʕiyya) — of or relating to communism
- Armenian: կոմունիստական (komunistakan) — of or relating to communism
- Azerbaijani: kommunist — of or relating to communism
- Belarusian: камуністы́чны (kamunistýčny) — of or relating to communism
- Bulgarian: комунисти́чески (komunistíčeski) — of or relating to communism
- Burmese: ကွန်မြူနစ် (kwanmrunac) — of or relating to communism
- Catalan: comunista — of or relating to communism
- Chinese Mandarin: 共產主義 /共产主义 (gòngchǎnzhǔyì) — of or relating to communism
- Crimean Tatar: kommunist — of or relating to communism
- Czech: komunistický — of or relating to communism
- Danish: kommunistisk — of or relating to communism
- Dutch: communistisch — of or relating to communism
- Esperanto: komunisma — of or relating to communism
- Estonian: kommunistlik — of or relating to communism
- Finnish: kommunistinen — of or relating to communism
- French: communiste — of or relating to communism
- Galician: comunista — of or relating to communism
- Georgian: კომუნისტური (ḳomunisṭuri) — of or relating to communism
- German: kommunistisch — of or relating to communism
- Greek: κομμουνιστικός (kommounistikós) — of or relating to communism
- Hindi: साम्यवादी (sāmyavādī) — of or relating to communism
- Hungarian: kommunista — of or relating to communism
- Icelandic: kommúnistískur — of or relating to communism
- Icelandic: kommúnista- — of or relating to communism
- Ingrian: kommunisticeskoi — of or relating to communism
- Irish: cumannach — of or relating to communism
- Italian: comunista — of or relating to communism
- Japanese: 共産主義者の (kyōsanshugisha no) — of or relating to communism
- Japanese: 共産主義の (kyōsanshugi no) — of or relating to communism
- Kazakh: коммунистік (kommunistık) — of or relating to communism
- Khmer: កុម្មុយនិស្ត (kommuynɨh) — of or relating to communism
- Korean: 공산주의(共産主義)의 (gongsanjuui-ui) — of or relating to communism
- Korean: 코뮤니스트 (komyuniseuteu) — of or relating to communism
- Central Kurdish: کۆمۆنیستی (komonîstî) — of or relating to communism
- Kyrgyz: коммунисттик (kommunisttik) — of or relating to communism
- Lao: ກອມມູນິດ (kǭm mū nit) — of or relating to communism
- Latvian: komunistisks — of or relating to communism
- Lithuanian: komunistinis — of or relating to communism
- Lithuanian: komunistinė — of or relating to communism
- Luxembourgish: kommunistesch — of or relating to communism
- Macedonian: комунистички (komunistički) — of or relating to communism
- Māori: whiwhingatahi — of or relating to communism
- Māori: angatōpū — of or relating to communism
- Marathi: साम्यवादी (sāmyavādī) — of or relating to communism
- Nepali: कम्युनिस्ट (kamyunisṭ) — of or relating to communism
- Norman: commeuniste — of or relating to communism
- Norwegian Bokmål: kommunistisk — of or relating to communism
- Norwegian Nynorsk: kommunistisk — of or relating to communism
- Pashto: کمونيستي (komunisti) — of or relating to communism
- Persian: کمونیست (komonist) — of or relating to communism
- Polish: komunistyczny — of or relating to communism
- Portuguese: comunista — of or relating to communism
- Romanian: comunist — of or relating to communism
- Romanian: комунист (comunist) — of or relating to communism
- Russian: коммунисти́ческий (kommunistíčeskij) — of or relating to communism
- Scottish Gaelic: co-mhaoineach — of or relating to communism
- Scottish Gaelic: comannach — of or relating to communism
- Serbo-Croatian: комунистички — of or relating to communism
- Serbo-Croatian: komunistički — of or relating to communism
- Slovak: komunistický — of or relating to communism
- Slovene: komunističen — of or relating to communism
- Spanish: comunista — of or relating to communism
- Swahili: ukomunisti — of or relating to communism
- Swedish: kommunistisk — of or relating to communism
- Swedish: kommunistiskt — of or relating to communism
- Tajik: коммунистӣ (kommunisti) — of or relating to communism
- Thai: คอมมิวนิสต์ (kɔm-miu-nít) — of or relating to communism
- Turkish: komünist — of or relating to communism
- Ottoman Turkish: قومونیست (komünist) — of or relating to communism
- Ukrainian: комуністи́чний (komunistýčnyj) — of or relating to communism
- Uyghur: كوممۇنىستىك (kommunistik) — of or relating to communism
- Uzbek: kommunistik — of or relating to communism
- Vietnamese: cộng sản — of or relating to communism
- Volapük: kobädimik — of or relating to communism
- Welsh: comiwnyddol — of or relating to communism
- Yiddish: קאָמוניסטיש (komunistish) — of or relating to communism
- Zhuang: gungcanj — of or relating to communism
- Afrikaans: kommunis — person who follows a communist philosophy
- Albanian: komunist — person who follows a communist philosophy
- Albanian: komuniste — person who follows a communist philosophy
- Arabic: شُيُوعِيّ (šuyūʕiyy) — person who follows a communist philosophy
- Arabic: شُيُوعِيَّة (šuyūʕiyya) — person who follows a communist philosophy
- Armenian: կոմունիստ (komunist) — person who follows a communist philosophy
- Azerbaijani: kommunist — person who follows a communist philosophy
- Belarusian: камуні́ст (kamuníst) — person who follows a communist philosophy
- Belarusian: камуні́стка (kamunístka) — person who follows a communist philosophy
- Bulgarian: комуни́ст (komuníst) — person who follows a communist philosophy
- Bulgarian: комуни́стка (komunístka) — person who follows a communist philosophy
- Bulgarian: комуни́сти (komunísti) — person who follows a communist philosophy
- Burmese: ကွန်မြူနစ်ဝါဒီ (kwanmrunac-wadi) — person who follows a communist philosophy
- Burmese: ကွန်မြူနစ် (kwanmrunac) — person who follows a communist philosophy
- Catalan: comunista — person who follows a communist philosophy
- Chinese Mandarin: 共產主義者 /共产主义者 (gòngchǎnzhǔyìzhě) — person who follows a communist philosophy
- Czech: komunista — person who follows a communist philosophy
- Czech: komunistka — person who follows a communist philosophy
- Danish: kommunist — person who follows a communist philosophy
- Dutch: communist — person who follows a communist philosophy
- Dutch: communiste — person who follows a communist philosophy
- Esperanto: komunisto — person who follows a communist philosophy
- Esperanto: komunistino — person who follows a communist philosophy
- Estonian: kommunist — person who follows a communist philosophy
- Finnish: kommunisti — person who follows a communist philosophy
- French: communiste — person who follows a communist philosophy
- Galician: comunista — person who follows a communist philosophy
- Georgian: კომუნისტი (ḳomunisṭi) — person who follows a communist philosophy
- German: Kommunist — person who follows a communist philosophy
- German: Kommunistin — person who follows a communist philosophy
- Greek: κομμουνιστής (kommounistís) — person who follows a communist philosophy
- Greek: κομμουνίστρια (kommounístria) — person who follows a communist philosophy
- Greenlandic: kommunisti — person who follows a communist philosophy
- Hebrew: קומוניסט \ קוֹמוּנִיסְט (komuníst) — person who follows a communist philosophy
- Hebrew: קומוניסטית \ קוֹמוּנִיסְטִית (komunistít) — person who follows a communist philosophy
- Hindi: साम्यवादी (sāmyavādī) — person who follows a communist philosophy
- Hindi: कम्युनिस्ट (kamyunisṭ) — person who follows a communist philosophy
- Hungarian: kommunista — person who follows a communist philosophy
- Icelandic: kommúnisti — person who follows a communist philosophy
- Ingrian: kommunista — person who follows a communist philosophy
- Irish: cumannach — person who follows a communist philosophy
- Italian: comunista — person who follows a communist philosophy
- Japanese: 共産主義者 (kyōsanshugisha) — person who follows a communist philosophy
- Japanese: 共産党員 (kyōsantōin) — person who follows a communist philosophy
- Kazakh: коммунист (kommunist) — person who follows a communist philosophy
- Khmer: កុម្មុយនិស្ត (kommuynɨh) — person who follows a communist philosophy
- Korean: 공산주의자 (gongsanjuuija) — person who follows a communist philosophy
- Korean: 빨갱이 (ppalgaeng'i) — person who follows a communist philosophy
- Central Kurdish: کۆمۆنیست (komonîst) — person who follows a communist philosophy
- Northern Kurdish: komunîst — person who follows a communist philosophy
- Kyrgyz: коммунист (kommunist) — person who follows a communist philosophy
- Lao: ກອມມູນິດ (kǭm mū nit) — person who follows a communist philosophy
- Latin: communista — person who follows a communist philosophy
- Latvian: komunists — person who follows a communist philosophy
- Latvian: komuniste — person who follows a communist philosophy
- Lithuanian: komunistas — person who follows a communist philosophy
- Lithuanian: komunistė — person who follows a communist philosophy
- Malay: komunis — person who follows a communist philosophy
- Marathi: साम्यवादी (sāmyavādī) — person who follows a communist philosophy
- Marathi: कम्युनिस्ट (kamyunisṭa) — person who follows a communist philosophy
- Mongolian: коммунист (kommunist) — person who follows a communist philosophy
- Norman: commeuniste — person who follows a communist philosophy
- Norwegian Bokmål: kommunist — person who follows a communist philosophy
- Norwegian Nynorsk: kommunist — person who follows a communist philosophy
- Pashto: کمونست (komunist) — person who follows a communist philosophy
- Persian: کمونیست (komunist) — person who follows a communist philosophy
- Polish: komunista — person who follows a communist philosophy
- Polish: komunistka — person who follows a communist philosophy
- Portuguese: comunista — person who follows a communist philosophy
- Portuguese: marxista — person who follows a communist philosophy
- Romanian: comunist — person who follows a communist philosophy
- Romanian: comunistă — person who follows a communist philosophy
- Russian: коммуни́ст (kommuníst) — person who follows a communist philosophy
- Russian: коммуни́стка (kommunístka) — person who follows a communist philosophy
- Scottish Gaelic: co-mhaoineach — person who follows a communist philosophy
- Scottish Gaelic: comannach — person who follows a communist philosophy
- Serbo-Croatian: кому̀нист — person who follows a communist philosophy
- Serbo-Croatian: комуниста — person who follows a communist philosophy
- Serbo-Croatian: кому̀нистица — person who follows a communist philosophy
- Serbo-Croatian: кому̀нисткиња — person who follows a communist philosophy
- Serbo-Croatian: komùnist — person who follows a communist philosophy
- Serbo-Croatian: komunista — person who follows a communist philosophy
- Serbo-Croatian: komùnistica — person who follows a communist philosophy
- Serbo-Croatian: komùnistkinja — person who follows a communist philosophy
- Shona: mukomonisiti — person who follows a communist philosophy
- Slovak: komunista — person who follows a communist philosophy
- Slovak: komunistka — person who follows a communist philosophy
- Slovene: komunist — person who follows a communist philosophy
- Slovene: komunistka — person who follows a communist philosophy
- Spanish: comunista — person who follows a communist philosophy
- Swahili: mkomunisti — person who follows a communist philosophy
- Swedish: kommunist — person who follows a communist philosophy
- Tagalog: kalama — person who follows a communist philosophy
- Tagalog: komunista — person who follows a communist philosophy
- Tajik: коммунист (kommunist) — person who follows a communist philosophy
- Tatar: коммунист (qommunist) — person who follows a communist philosophy
- Thai: คอมมิวนิสต์ (kɔm-miu-nít) — person who follows a communist philosophy
- Turkish: komünist — person who follows a communist philosophy
- Ottoman Turkish: قومونیست (komünist) — person who follows a communist philosophy
- Turkmen: kommunist — person who follows a communist philosophy
- Ukrainian: комуні́ст (komuníst) — person who follows a communist philosophy
- Ukrainian: комуні́стка (komunístka) — person who follows a communist philosophy
- Urdu: کمیونسٹ (kamyunisṭ) — person who follows a communist philosophy
- Uyghur: كوممۇنىست (kommunist) — person who follows a communist philosophy
- Uzbek: kommunist — person who follows a communist philosophy
- Vietnamese: người cộng sản — person who follows a communist philosophy
- Volapük: kobädiman — person who follows a communist philosophy
- Volapük: hikobädiman — person who follows a communist philosophy
- Volapük: jikobädiman — person who follows a communist philosophy
- Welsh: comiwnydd — person who follows a communist philosophy
- Yiddish: קאָמוניסט (komunist) — person who follows a communist philosophy
- Yiddish: קאָמוניסטקע (komunistke) — person who follows a communist philosophy
- Zhuang: gungcanjcujyicej — person who follows a communist philosophy
- Chinese Mandarin: 共產主義的 /共产主义的 (gòngchǎnzhǔyì de) — revolutionary or subversive radical
- Finnish: kommunisti — revolutionary or subversive radical
- Portuguese: comuna — revolutionary or subversive radical
- Portuguese: vermelho — revolutionary or subversive radical
- Scottish Gaelic: co-mhaoineach — revolutionary or subversive radical
- Scottish Gaelic: comannach — revolutionary or subversive radical
- Swahili: mpinduzi — revolutionary or subversive radical
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