anti-communist

adjective

an·​ti-com·​mu·​nist ˌan-tē-ˈkäm-yə-nist 

-yü-, 

ˌan-tī- 

variants or anti-Communist or anticommunist

: opposed to Communism

anti-communist leaders

an anti-Communist ideology

anti-communist noun

or anti-Communist or anticommunist

… they expressed their feelings with a directness that few anti-Communists could rival.

—Julius Gould

anti-communism noun

or anti-Communism or anticommunism

ˌan-tē-ˈkäm-yə-ˌni-zəm, 

-yü-, 

ˌan-tī- 

Sometimes he is aroused to arms against those whose anti-Communism is merely less salient or monolithic than his own …

—Dennis H. Wrong

Examples of anti-communist in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Fidesz, founded as an anti-communist youth movement, still positions itself as the guardian of Hungary’s independence, secured in the peaceful revolutions that swept Central and Eastern Europe in 1989. —Isaac Stanley-Becker, The Atlantic, 10 Apr. 2026

Orbán began his political career as an energetic anti-Communist. —Kapil Komireddi, New Yorker, 10 Apr. 2026

Through questioning, Shohat tried to show that the participants were staunch anti-communists who wanted Maduro ousted from office in Venezuela and were not interested in normalizing relations with his government. —Jay Weaver, Miami Herald, 10 Apr. 2026

The Catholic Church has long been the highest moral authority in Poland, having played an inspirational role during occupation and foreign rule and supporting the anti-communist Solidarity movement in the 1980s. —ABC News, 18 Feb. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1848, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for anti-communist

• noncommunist
• postcommunist