as in Marxism
a system of government in which all goods and property are publically controlled
The year 1989 marked the fall of communism in Poland.
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Recent Examples of Communism
The final straw was Senator Joseph McCarthy’s rise in 1950, which cemented the association between national health insurance and communism in the minds of Americans.
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Adrianne Fantasia, Baltimore Sun, 9 Jan. 2025
In his autobiography Mein Kampf, Hitler—who as leader of the German Reich was responsible for the invasion of the Soviet Union and the enslavement and death of millions of its citizens—repeatedly describes communism as an enemy of the German nation.
—David Gilbert, WIRED, 9 Jan. 2025
Only victory over communism would secure the American way of life.
—Matthew Continetti, National Review, 21 Dec. 2024
The Soviet Union and the United States used proxy wars to spread communism and capitalism, respectively.
—Yan Xuetong, Foreign Affairs, 20 Dec. 2024
Iran’s rulers once claimed to offer an exportable Islamist model that could rival both capitalism and communism.
—Arash Azizi, The Atlantic, 17 Dec. 2024
For their part, the Trump campaign targeted Latina voters with million-dollar campaign ads that tapped into their cultural identities and some of their anxieties around communism and socialism.
—Nicole Froio, refinery29.com, 6 Nov. 2024
The historian Anne Applebaum points out that the invention of movable type enabled the religious wars of the seventeenth century, and that broadcast media fed both communism and fascism.
—Andrew Solomon, The New Yorker, 30 Sep. 2024
The rival ideologies of the 20th century — fascism, nationalism, communism — had lost the battle of ideas.
—Ben Ansell, NPR, 20 Dec. 2024
Adrianne Fantasia, Baltimore Sun, 9 Jan. 2025
In his autobiography Mein Kampf, Hitler—who as leader of the German Reich was responsible for the invasion of the Soviet Union and the enslavement and death of millions of its citizens—repeatedly describes communism as an enemy of the German nation.
—David Gilbert, WIRED, 9 Jan. 2025
Only victory over communism would secure the American way of life.
—Matthew Continetti, National Review, 21 Dec. 2024
The Soviet Union and the United States used proxy wars to spread communism and capitalism, respectively.
—Yan Xuetong, Foreign Affairs, 20 Dec. 2024
Iran’s rulers once claimed to offer an exportable Islamist model that could rival both capitalism and communism.
—Arash Azizi, The Atlantic, 17 Dec. 2024
For their part, the Trump campaign targeted Latina voters with million-dollar campaign ads that tapped into their cultural identities and some of their anxieties around communism and socialism.
—Nicole Froio, refinery29.com, 6 Nov. 2024
The historian Anne Applebaum points out that the invention of movable type enabled the religious wars of the seventeenth century, and that broadcast media fed both communism and fascism.
—Andrew Solomon, The New Yorker, 30 Sep. 2024
The rival ideologies of the 20th century — fascism, nationalism, communism — had lost the battle of ideas.
—Ben Ansell, NPR, 20 Dec. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for Communism
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Her friends vaguely discuss gentrification and Marxism.Jasmine Vojdani, Vulture, 13 Jan. 2025
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In a similar way, even most of those who worked for the Soviet regime had stopped believing in Marxism by the 1980s.Margaret MacMillan, Foreign Affairs, 7 Jan. 2025
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Again, Breaking With Trump Caroline Ellison, Star Witness in FTX Case, Should Receive Lenient Sentence, Prosecutors Signal Trumpism, Stalinism and the Tariff Debate An 8-Year-Old Ohio Girl Takes a Solo Drive to Target in Family’s SUV Trump and Other Presidents Embrace Golf.New York Times, New York Times, 17 Sep. 2024
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In English class, some students might read Animal Farm as an allegory for Stalinism, while others see it as a story about talking animals.Russell Shaw, The Atlantic, 25 Oct. 2024
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The goal is to understand the seduction of fascism, why so many people fell for Mussolini’s message then, and why so many are falling for a similar message today.Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter, 31 Dec. 2024
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In character dialogue, Wolfenstein like Bronowski, links certainty with fascism.G Kirilloff, Forbes, 25 Nov. 2024
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In summary, Chinese culture strongly influences workers in manufacturing, fostering values of respect for authority, dedication, and collectivism while also contributing to long working hours and a focus on family and societal obligations.Dave Evans, Forbes, 26 Nov. 2024
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Twenty years after superfluids were discovered, the American physicist Eugene Gross suggested (opens a new tab) that the same quantum collectivism could emerge in solids.Quanta Magazine, Quanta Magazine, 6 Nov. 2024
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“Communism.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/Communism. Accessed 17 Jan. 2025.
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