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

Walesa, who won the Nobel Peace Prize for his leadership of the Polish anti-communist resistance as the head of the Solidarity trade union, and was later Polish president, had a front-row seat during the inauguration ceremony. — Claudia Ciobanu, Los Angeles Times, 18 Aug. 2026

Rivera, the son of Cuban immigrants who rode the anti-communist wave of Miami’s exile community into a political career as a Florida legislator and member of Congress, was not in the courtroom on Tuesday. — Jay Weaver, Miami Herald, 18 Aug. 2026

Walesa, who won the Nobel Peace Prize for his leadership of the Polish anti-communist resistance as the head of the Solidarity trade union, and was later Polish president, had a front row seat during the inauguration ceremony. — ABC News, 15 Aug. 2026

The Communist state was abolished in 1991, and the anti-Communist opposition swept to power in parliamentary elections a year later. — Isaac Stanley-Becker, The Atlantic, 23 July 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1848, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for anti-communist

• noncommunist
• postcommunist