as in socialist
an adherent or advocate of an economic system in which the means of production are owned and controlled by the state
communists were plotting an overthrow of the government
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From local star to Asian icon Born in 1953 in Yunlin, Taiwan, Teresa Teng grew up in one of the many villages that were built to house soldiers and their families who had fled mainland China in 1949 after the communists claimed victory in the Chinese civil war.
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Xianda Huang, The Conversation, 6 June 2025
The son of bona fide communists died last week at 86 as one of the most consequential figures in the modern-day conservative movement.
—Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 7 May 2025
There were complaints that the adaptation by George Clooney and Grant Heslov was basically a reproduction of the 2005 film, which chronicled CBS newsman Edward R. Murrow’s heroic crusade against Sen. Joseph McCarthy’s communist witch hunts.
—Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 6 June 2025
In a very short period of time, Trump had decided to go back in time to roughly 100 years ago when Europe meant nothing to us other than rapacious capitalists and communists all out to get us and drag us in to their nefarious ways.
—Jim Cramer, CNBC, 27 May 2025
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Xianda Huang, The Conversation, 6 June 2025
The son of bona fide communists died last week at 86 as one of the most consequential figures in the modern-day conservative movement.
—Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 7 May 2025
There were complaints that the adaptation by George Clooney and Grant Heslov was basically a reproduction of the 2005 film, which chronicled CBS newsman Edward R. Murrow’s heroic crusade against Sen. Joseph McCarthy’s communist witch hunts.
—Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 6 June 2025
In a very short period of time, Trump had decided to go back in time to roughly 100 years ago when Europe meant nothing to us other than rapacious capitalists and communists all out to get us and drag us in to their nefarious ways.
—Jim Cramer, CNBC, 27 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for communist
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Cuomo’s polling advantage has narrowed in recent weeks as Mamdani, 33, a democratic socialist, built momentum and nabbed a key endorsement from Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y.—
Daniel Arkin,
NBC news,
19 June 2025
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Peasants rose up against the authorities, socialists and communists proliferated, and the government used horrific violence to control the populace.—
Ben Woollard,
JSTOR Daily,
18 June 2025
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“Communist.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/communist. Accessed 5 Jul. 2025.
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