as in socialist
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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The legal historian points to the McCarthy era of the 1950s that targeted communists, real and suspected.
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Nate Iglehart, The Christian Science Monitor, 12 Mar. 2025
Georgi Markov, a novelist and playwright, defected in 1969 from his native Bulgaria which was then ruled by communists.
—Michael Loria, USA TODAY, 8 Mar. 2025
As attorney general, Robert Kennedy approved Hoover's request in 1963 to wiretap King amid concerns that King was associating with communists.
—Marc Caputo, Axios, 15 Feb. 2025
Western agencies aided India in its scrutiny of domestic communists at home, even as India in its foreign policy maintained comfortable relations with communist countries.
—Foreign Affairs, 25 Feb. 2025
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Nate Iglehart, The Christian Science Monitor, 12 Mar. 2025
Georgi Markov, a novelist and playwright, defected in 1969 from his native Bulgaria which was then ruled by communists.
—Michael Loria, USA TODAY, 8 Mar. 2025
As attorney general, Robert Kennedy approved Hoover's request in 1963 to wiretap King amid concerns that King was associating with communists.
—Marc Caputo, Axios, 15 Feb. 2025
Western agencies aided India in its scrutiny of domestic communists at home, even as India in its foreign policy maintained comfortable relations with communist countries.
—Foreign Affairs, 25 Feb. 2025
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“Communist.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/communist. Accessed 15 Apr. 2025.
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