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

The four victims of that attack, three of them US citizens, had been working for Brothers to the Rescue, an NGO dedicated to helping Cuban refugees and dropping anti-communist leaflets over the island. —The Week Uk, TheWeek, 31 May 2026

Her father stayed behind to fight with the anti-communist rebel Contras in the country’s civil war. —Los Angeles Times, 10 May 2026

DeSantis has pushed for several anti-communist initiatives in his tenure as governor. —Cbs Miami Team, CBS News, 21 Apr. 2026

DeSantis has pushed for several anti-communist initiatives in his tenure as governor. —Ana Goñi-Lessan, Miami Herald, 20 Apr. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1848, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for anti-communist

• noncommunist
• postcommunist