Meaning

6 senses
  1. (countable, uncountable)Any far-left political ideology or philosophy advocating holding the production of resources collectively, especially by seizing it through revolution.

    Kommunismus

    коммуни́змkommunízm

    комуні́змkomunízm

  2. (countable, uncountable)Any political social system that implements a communist political philosophy.

  3. (countable, uncountable)The international socialist society where classes, money, and the state no longer exist.

    Kommunismus

    коммуни́змkommunízm

  4. (Western, colloquial, countable, derogatory, often, uncountable)Any left-wing ideology, government regulations, or policies promoting a welfare state, nationalisation, etc.

    This tax plan is communism!

  5. (countable, rare, uncountable)Readiness to share scientific findings (the first of the Mertonian norms).

  6. (countable, rare, uncountable)Communality, sharedness.

More definitions
  • a political theory favoring collectivism in a classless society
  • a form of socialism that abolishes private ownership

Examples

117 sentences
  1. This is communism.

    Це комунізм.

    ruЭто коммунизм.

    deDas ist Kommunismus.

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  2. A spectre haunts Europe: the spectre of communism.

    Привид ходить по Європі, привид комунізму.

    ruПризрак бродит по Европе, призрак коммунизма.

    deEin Gespenst geht um in Europa: Das Gespenst des Kommunismus.

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  3. A spectre is haunting Europe — the spectre of communism.

    Привид ходить по Європі, привид комунізму.

    ruПризрак бродит по Европе, призрак коммунизма.

    deEin Gespenst geht um in Europa – das Gespenst des Kommunismus.

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  4. Communism will never be reached in my lifetime.

    На моєму віці комунізму точно не буде досягнуто.

    ruЗа мою жизнь коммунизм не построят.

    deDer Kommunismus wird nie erreicht werden, solange ich lebe.

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  5. Recently communism has extended its power.

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Translations

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Origin

A borrowing from French communisme, which was formed from commun (“common”) (from Latin co

A borrowing from French communisme, which was formed from commun (“common”) (from Latin commūnis) and the suffix -isme (“-ism”). By surface analysis, commune + -ism.

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