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communism

[ kom-yuh-niz-uhm ]

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noun

a theory or system of social organization based on the holding of all property in common, actual ownership being ascribed to the community as a whole or to the state.
(often initial capital letter) a system of social organization in which all economic and social activity is controlled by a totalitarian state dominated by a single and self-perpetuating political party.
(initial capital letter) the principles and practices of the Communist Party.
communalism.

communism

/ ˈkɒmjʊˌnɪzəm /

advocacy of a classless society in which private ownership has been abolished and the means of production and subsistence belong to the community
any social, economic, or political movement or doctrine aimed at achieving such a society
usually capital a political movement based upon the writings of Marx that considers history in terms of class conflict and revolutionary struggle, resulting eventually in the victory of the proletariat and the establishment of a socialist order based on public ownership of the means of production See also Marxism Marxism-Leninism socialism
usually capital a social order or system of government established by a ruling Communist Party, esp in the former Soviet Union
often capital any leftist political activity or thought, esp when considered to be subversive
communal living; communalism

communism

An economic and social system envisioned by the nineteenth-century German scholar Karl Marx (see also Marx ). In theory, under communism, all means of production are owned in common, rather than by individuals ( see Marxism and Marxism-Leninism ). In practice, a single authoritarian party controls both the political and economic systems. In the twentieth century, communism was associated with the economic and political systems of China and the Soviet Union and of the satellites of the Soviet Union. ( Compare capitalism and socialism .)

From the French word communisme, dating back to 1835–45. See common, -ism

C19: from French communisme, from commun common

When communism was a threat, it was construed as a communist plot.

He defied the atheism of communism and the empty religious practices of Putinism.

Soon enough, Castro turned his back on those ideals, embracing Soviet style communism.

They were, if you believed the Soviet propaganda machine, a shining example of communism at work.

The utter lack of beds provides a vivid commentary on the extreme nature of Communism.

The collectivist state advocated by the socialist of to-day has scarcely anything in common with the communism of the middle ages.

As is well-known, his lectures and writings on the subject have earned him the title, "Father of Anarchist-Communism."

The basis of this sex equality under primitive communism is easy to understand.

This primitive communism generally disappears as the tribe progresses.

This formula is: "Communism in material production, Anarchism in intellectual production."

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