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. — deniko

    ruЭто коммунизм. — marafon

    deDas ist Kommunismus. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

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

    Привид ходить по Європі, привид комунізму. — Ahha

    ruПризрак бродит по Европе, призрак коммунизма. — al_ex_an_der

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

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

    Привид ходить по Європі, привид комунізму. — Ahha

    ruПризрак бродит по Европе, призрак коммунизма. — al_ex_an_der

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

  4. Communism will never be reached in my lifetime.

    На моєму віці комунізму точно не буде досягнуто. — tikan0

    ruЗа мою жизнь коммунизм не построят. — andrewshtolz

    deDer Kommunismus wird nie erreicht werden, solange ich lebe. — MUIRIEL

  5. Recently communism has extended its power.

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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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