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Com⋅in⋅tern

  [kom-in-turn, kom-in-turn]
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–noun
Third International.
Also, Komintern.

Origin:
< Russ Komintérn, for Kommunistícheskiĭ Internatsionál Communist International

Third International

 
–noun
an international organization (1919–43), founded in Moscow, uniting Communist groups of various countries and advocating the attainment of their ends by violent revolution. Also called Comintern, Communist International. Compare international (def. 6).
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Com·in·tern   (kŏm'ĭn-tûrn')   
n.  An association of Communist parties of the world, established in 1919 by Lenin and dissolved in 1943.

[Russian komintern, abbreviation of Kommunisticheskiĭ Internatsional, Communist International.]
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Abbreviations & Acronyms
Comintern
Russian Kommunisticheskij Internatsional (Communist International)
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