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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In the 1950s, the FBI under Director J. Edgar Hoover created the counter-intelligence programs COINTELPRO, allegedly for investigating communists and radical political groups, and the Ghetto Informant Program.
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Brittany Friedman, The Conversation, 21 Feb. 2025
Miller wrote the play as an allegory for McCarthyism, when the United States government persecuted people accused of being communists.
—Kay Johnson, Twin Cities, 6 Feb. 2025
In the late 1940s and 1950s, Sen. Joseph McCarthy unleashed a political witch hunt to root out US college professors labeled as communists.
—Ray Sanchez, CNN, 21 Mar. 2025
The statement also employed a common far-right misrepresentation of Hitler, who in fact privatized much of the government, outlawed labor unions and ordered the killing of hundreds of thousands of people presumed to be socialists and communists.
—Carlo Angerer, NBC News, 9 Mar. 2025
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Brittany Friedman, The Conversation, 21 Feb. 2025
Miller wrote the play as an allegory for McCarthyism, when the United States government persecuted people accused of being communists.
—Kay Johnson, Twin Cities, 6 Feb. 2025
In the late 1940s and 1950s, Sen. Joseph McCarthy unleashed a political witch hunt to root out US college professors labeled as communists.
—Ray Sanchez, CNN, 21 Mar. 2025
The statement also employed a common far-right misrepresentation of Hitler, who in fact privatized much of the government, outlawed labor unions and ordered the killing of hundreds of thousands of people presumed to be socialists and communists.
—Carlo Angerer, NBC News, 9 Mar. 2025
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“Communist.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/communist. Accessed 10 Apr. 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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