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 surveillance state that has destroyed privacy and the Fourth Amendment right to be let alone was fueled by Buckley’s fevered anti-communist zeal. —Bruce Fein, Baltimore Sun, 10 July 2025

Nationalists criticized any possible hint of anti-communist leanings at the school, such as not prominently displaying the Vietnamese flag at commencement. —Stephanie Yang, Los Angeles Times, 8 June 2025

Leaked internal Xinjiang police files obtained by the Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation, a nonprofit anti-communist group in Washington where Mr. Zenz works as director of China Studies, show that anyone who resists participating in a government program like a labor transfer can face arrest. —David Pierson, New York Times, 29 May 2025

Crackdown on loyal fans At Versailles Restaurant, the epicenter of Miami’s Little Havana, few among its anti-communist clientele seemed poised to turn on Trump, who visited the landmark cafe twice during the recent presidential campaign. —Joshua Goodman, Los Angeles Times, 27 May 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1848, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for anti-communist

• noncommunist
• postcommunist