Communists

[kom-yuh-nist]

com·mu·nist

[kom-yuh-nist]
noun
1.
(initial capital letter) a member of the Communist party or movement.
2.
an advocate of communism.
3.
a person who is regarded as supporting politically leftist or subversive causes.
4.
(usually initial capital letter) a Communard.
adjective
5.
(initial capital letter) of or pertaining to the Communist party or to Communism.
6.
pertaining to communists or communism.

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Communists is always a great word to know.
So is callithumpian. Does it mean:
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes.

Origin:
1835–45; < French communiste. See common, -ist

com·mu·nis·tic, com·mu·nis·ti·cal, adjective
com·mu·nis·ti·cal·ly, adverb
an·ti·com·mu·nist, noun, adjective
an·ti·com·mu·nis·tic, adjective
an·ti·com·mu·nis·ti·cal, adjective
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an·ti·com·mu·nis·ti·cal·ly, adverb
pro·com·mun·ist, adjective, noun
COLLAPSE

communist, fascist, Marxist, socialist.
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