anti-communist

adjective

an·​ti-com·​mu·​nist

ˌan-tē-ˈkäm-yə-nist,

-yü-,

ˌan-tī- 

variants or anti-Communist or anticommunist

: opposed to Communism

anti-communist leaders

an anti-Communist ideology

anti-communist noun

or anti-Communist or anticommunist

… they expressed their feelings with a directness that few anti-Communists could rival.

—Julius Gould

anti-communism noun

or anti-Communism or anticommunism

ˌan-tē-ˈkäm-yə-ˌni-zəm,

-yü-,

ˌan-tī- 

Sometimes he is aroused to arms against those whose anti-Communism is merely less salient or monolithic than his own …

—Dennis H. Wrong

Examples of anti-communist in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Just months after the Civil War ended, the Red side [Finnish Socialist Workers’ Republic] and the White [anti-communist] side came together and started solving these everyday matters. —Kristen Edgreen Kaufman, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025

Jones said both Wei and his mother were anti-communist and held no allegiance to China. —Alex Riggins, Mercury News, 21 Aug. 2025

Jones said both Wei and his mother were anti-communist and held no allegiance to China. —Alex Riggins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Aug. 2025

The President also declared that loudspeakers that had been broadcasting anti-communist propaganda on the border between the two countries should be taken down. —Paul Tilsley, FOXNews.com, 17 Aug. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1848, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for anti-communist

• noncommunist
• postcommunist