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communistic

adj · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

adj

Meaning 1

Characteristic of communism.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

adj

Meaning 2

Living or having their nests in common.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: biology, natural-sciences, zoology

Examples

  • communistic birds

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

adjective

Meaning 3

relating to or marked by communism

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • Communist Party
  • communist governments
  • communistic propaganda

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: communist

Antonyms: none provided

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 Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English communistic From communist + -ic.

Across languages

Translations

8 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Catalan: comunista — characteristic of communism
  • Esperanto: komunisma — characteristic of communism
  • Finnish: kommunistinen — characteristic of communism
  • Galician: comunista — characteristic of communism
  • German: kommunistisch — characteristic of communism
  • Portuguese: comunista — characteristic of communism
  • Spanish: comunista — characteristic of communism
  • Volapük: kobädimik — characteristic of communism