Meaning

3 senses
  1. A member of a formally constituted Communist Party.

    a member of the communist party

  2. A proponent of the kind of communism formally espoused by such a party, typically either Marxism, or more commonly, Leninism or Maoism.

  3. 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.

Examples

153 sentences
  1. I'm not a communist.

    Я не комуніст.

    ruЯ не коммунист.

    deIch bin kein Kommunist.

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  2. I'm a communist.

    Я комуніст.

    ruЯ коммунистка.

    deIch bin Kommunistin.

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  3. Tom is a communist.

    Том — комуніст.

    ruТом - коммунист.

    deTom ist ein Kommunist.

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  4. Tom was accused of being a communist.

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  5. Tom grew up in a communist country.

    ruТом вырос в коммунистической стране.

    deTom ist in einem kommunistischen Land aufgewachsen.

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Forms

plural: Communists

Synonyms

18 synonyms
citizen of a communist country:SovietB2Red Chinese
Close in meaning
  • a socialist who advocates communism:commie

Word family

2 related words
Relatedcommunism
Derivedcomsymp

See also

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