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communist

adj
/ˈkɒm.jʊ.nɪst/UK/ˈkɑ.mjə.nɪst/US/kəˈmju.nɪsʈ/

Etymology

Etymology tree Old Latin comoinis Latin commūnis Old French comun French commun Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)der. Latin -istabor. French -iste French communiste English communist From French communiste, from commun (“common, communal”) + -iste (“-ist”). By surface analysis, commune + -ist.

  1. derived from -iste French communiste English communist From French communiste
  2. derived from -istabor

Definitions

  1. Of, relating to, supporting, or advocating communism.

  2. An advocate of a society based on the common ownership of property

    An advocate of a society based on the common ownership of property; a proponent of communism.

  3. Any revolutionary or subversive radical.

  4. ›+ 7 more definitions

    1. A member of a formally constituted Communist Party.

    2. A proponent of the kind of communism formally espoused by such a party, typically either…

      A proponent of the kind of communism formally espoused by such a party, typically either Marxism, or more commonly, Leninism or Maoism.

    3. Any member of an organization, especially a military force, controlled and led by a…

      Any member of an organization, especially a military force, controlled and led by a formally constituted Communist Party, even if most individual members of the organization are not party members.

      • For example, what will happen if a landing is achieved and the Communists are advancing with some success?

    4. Alternative letter-case form of communist, a proponent of the general philosophy of…

      Alternative letter-case form of communist, a proponent of the general philosophy of communism.

    5. Of or relating to a formally constituted Communist Party.

    6. Alternative letter-case form of communist, of or related to the general philosophy of…

      Alternative letter-case form of communist, of or related to the general philosophy of communism.

    7. Alternative letter-case form of communistic, embodying the ideals of communism.

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Derived

anarcho-communist, anticommunist, Serbo-Communist, Chicom, communistic, communistical, cryptocommunist, Eurocommunist, femmunist, infocommunist, Islamocommunist, left communist, Obamunist, precommunist, procommunist, uncommunist, comsymp

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at communist. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at communist. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

7 hops · closes at communist

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA