communist
noun
com·mu·nist
ˈkäm-yə-nist 
-yü-
1
: an adherent or advocate of communism
2
capitalized
: communard
3
a
capitalized
: a member of a Communist party or movement
b
often capitalized
: an adherent or advocate of a Communist government, party, or movement
4
often capitalized
: one held to engage in left-wing, subversive, or revolutionary activities
communist
adjective
often capitalized
Examples of communist in a Sentence
communists were plotting an overthrow of the government
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Many far more prominent Republicans than McCarthy spent that February weekend accusing Democrats of allowing communists to infiltrate the government.
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Made By History, TIME, 9 Feb. 2025
Miller wrote the play as an allegory for McCarthyism, when the U.S. government persecuted people of being communists.
—Contributed Content, Twin Cities, 7 Feb. 2025
Photo-Illustration: Wired Staff/Getty On Thursday, Elon Musk agreed with the leader of a far-right German political party that Adolf Hitler was a communist and that left-wing groups who support Palestinian causes have more in common with Nazis than with her own party.
—David Gilbert, WIRED, 9 Jan. 2025
Image In so many ways, Jan. 6 had become part of his brand — a brand in which an attack on the symbol of American democracy became a defense of that same democracy: a blow against political thugs and closet communists, deep-state plots and an unjust justice system.
—Dan Barry, New York Times, 5 Jan. 2025
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Made By History, TIME, 9 Feb. 2025
Miller wrote the play as an allegory for McCarthyism, when the U.S. government persecuted people of being communists.
—Contributed Content, Twin Cities, 7 Feb. 2025
Photo-Illustration: Wired Staff/Getty On Thursday, Elon Musk agreed with the leader of a far-right German political party that Adolf Hitler was a communist and that left-wing groups who support Palestinian causes have more in common with Nazis than with her own party.
—David Gilbert, WIRED, 9 Jan. 2025
Image In so many ways, Jan. 6 had become part of his brand — a brand in which an attack on the symbol of American democracy became a defense of that same democracy: a blow against political thugs and closet communists, deep-state plots and an unjust justice system.
—Dan Barry, New York Times, 5 Jan. 2025
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“Communist.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/communist. Accessed 23 Feb. 2025.
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communist
noun
com·mu·nist
ˈkäm-yə-nəst
1
: a person who believes in communism
2
capitalized
: a member or follower of a Communist party or movement
communist
adjective
often capitalized
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