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

These included Capra’s weak-kneed response to the anti-Communist crusade that roiled mid-20th-century Hollywood and his occasional failure to adequately credit his collaborators. — Los Angeles Times, 27 Oct. 2026

My assumption that the guest speakers’ anti-Communist insurrection might resonate with today’s youth and their antisystem rebellion proved to be mistaken. — Literary Hub, 27 Oct. 2026

Many of these families fled communism for a better life here and have historically supported Republicans for their anti-communist stance. — Charlie Borla, Oc Register, 5 Oct. 2026

To many Americans, early Fascism sounded less like a foreign menace than like a familiar form of anti-Communist politics. — Beverly Gage, New Yorker, 28 Sep. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1848, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for anti-communist

• noncommunist
• postcommunist