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 United States is a much older and deeper democracy than Hungary was in 2010, at that point just two decades removed from the fall of communism.
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Larry Diamond, Foreign Affairs, 8 Nov. 2024
The Soviet Union breached all international norms and invaded Afghanistan, seeking to impose atheist communism by force in a deeply Islamic land.
—Nina Turner, Newsweek, 30 Oct. 2024
During the Cold War, military officers often seized power in the name of fighting communism.
—Whitney Eulich, The Christian Science Monitor, 2 July 2024
Their earliest memories are not of easier lives under communism, but of Russian tanks rolling into Gori and towards the capital, Tbilisi.
—Christian Edwards, CNN, 25 Oct. 2024
It was first awarded in 1989 to Lech Walesa, the former president of Poland and leader of the country’s Solidarity movement in 1983 against communism during the Cold War.
—Washington Examiner Staff, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 25 Sep. 2024
From the 1960s until 1989, East Germany ran a huge doping operation, designed to establish communism's superiority.
—The Week Uk, theweek, 21 July 2024
Xi Jinping, on the other hand, continues to take communism’s legacy seriously.
—Joseph Torigian, Foreign Affairs, 24 June 2024
But the fall of communism and subsequent geopolitical reorientation of the post-Cold War order forced the country to alter its economic and political relations.
—Charles Krusekopf, The Conversation, 2 Sep. 2024
Larry Diamond, Foreign Affairs, 8 Nov. 2024
The Soviet Union breached all international norms and invaded Afghanistan, seeking to impose atheist communism by force in a deeply Islamic land.
—Nina Turner, Newsweek, 30 Oct. 2024
During the Cold War, military officers often seized power in the name of fighting communism.
—Whitney Eulich, The Christian Science Monitor, 2 July 2024
Their earliest memories are not of easier lives under communism, but of Russian tanks rolling into Gori and towards the capital, Tbilisi.
—Christian Edwards, CNN, 25 Oct. 2024
It was first awarded in 1989 to Lech Walesa, the former president of Poland and leader of the country’s Solidarity movement in 1983 against communism during the Cold War.
—Washington Examiner Staff, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 25 Sep. 2024
From the 1960s until 1989, East Germany ran a huge doping operation, designed to establish communism's superiority.
—The Week Uk, theweek, 21 July 2024
Xi Jinping, on the other hand, continues to take communism’s legacy seriously.
—Joseph Torigian, Foreign Affairs, 24 June 2024
But the fall of communism and subsequent geopolitical reorientation of the post-Cold War order forced the country to alter its economic and political relations.
—Charles Krusekopf, The Conversation, 2 Sep. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for Communism
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Martinique’s contemporaneous Négritude movement made fruitful use of Surrealism alongside Marxism, colonial resistance, and an embrace of Blackness.Jack Denton, Vulture, 11 Oct. 2024
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As purported truth-tellers seeking to advance society toward maximal gains, Great Men expose and combat political and existential threats, such as critical race theory and Marxism.Brady Brickner-Wood, The New Yorker, 10 Oct. 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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And sometimes, this language which is used by the authorities could be compared with the language of Stalinism, the situation of the late 1940s and early 1950s, in terms of rhetoric, the absurdity of this rhetoric, and the absurdity of repressions.Andrei Kolesnikov, Foreign Affairs, 11 Jan. 2024
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Forcible suppression of opposition is a key component in fascism.David Faris, Newsweek, 4 Nov. 2024
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The Parisian Surrealists emerged amid the fresh traumas of World War I, the alienation of rapid industrialization, and the horrors of rising fascism.Jack Denton, Vulture, 11 Oct. 2024
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Latine culture — with its traditional gender roles, values of collectivism and familia, and the lingering effects of colonization — makes embracing kink extra challenging.Bae Leche, refinery29.com, 3 Oct. 2024
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This tendency has elements of both collectivism and individualism.Jessica DuLong, CNN, 11 Sep. 2024
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“Communism.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/Communism. Accessed 23 Nov. 2024.
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