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an adherent or advocate of an economic system in which the means of production are owned and controlled by the state communists were plotting an overthrow of the government

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Recent Examples of communist The Republican government fled to Taiwan in 1949 after losing a civil war with Mao Zedong's communists, who set up the People's Republic of China. Joe Cash and Ben Blanchard, USA TODAY, 19 Feb. 2025 Directed by Italian communist Ettore Scola, Le Bal is a metaphorical journey through 50 years of French history, told entirely through choreography. Nate Jones, Vulture, 1 Feb. 2025 Many far more prominent Republicans than McCarthy spent that February weekend accusing Democrats of allowing communists to infiltrate the government. 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 See All Example Sentences for communist

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“Communist.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/communist. Accessed 25 Mar. 2025.

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