communism
pronunciation
How to pronounce communism in British English:
UK [ˈkɒmjunɪzəm]
How to pronounce communism in American English:
US [ˈkɑːmjunɪzəm]
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- Noun:
- a form of socialism that abolishes private ownership
- a political theory favoring collectivism in a classless society
Word Origin
- communism (n.)
- "social system based on collective ownership," 1843, from French communisme (c. 1840) from commun (Old French comun; see common (adj.)) + -isme (see -ism). Originally a theory of society; as name of a political system, 1850, a translation of German Kommunismus (itself from French), in Marx and Engels' "Manifesto of the Communist Party." Compare communist. In some cases in early and mid-20c., a term of abuse implying anti-social criminality without regard to political theory. Each [i.e. socialism, communism, anarchism] stands for a state of things, or a striving after it, that differs much from that which we know; & for many of us, especially those who are comfortably at home in the world as it is, they have consequently come to be the positive, comparative, & superlative, distinguished not in kind but in degree only, of the terms of abuse applicable to those who would disturb our peace. [Fowler]
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Example
- 1. The final event was the collapse of soviet communism .
- 2. Why did communism take root ?
- 3. I 'm not talking about communism .
- 4. Communism did not even end hunger .
- 5. How modern an ideology is communism ?