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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Recent Examples of communist
Demobilized soldiers flocked to the paramilitary organizations that all major parties maintained, from the Nazi Stormtroopers (SA) to the conservative Steel Helmet League to the communists’ Red Front Fighters’ Association.
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Time, 23 Oct. 2025
The race has catapulted him to national political stardom, with Republicans, including Trump, trying to turn him into the face of the Democratic Party by highlighting his most controversial past comments and positions and casting him as dangerous, a communist and an antisemite.
—Dave Smith, Fortune, 17 Oct. 2025
The original Committee for the First Amendment was formed in October 1947 at a time when the U.S. government worried that there were communists in Hollywood who were putting left-wing propaganda into the movies.
—Kathy M. Newman, The Conversation, 8 Oct. 2025
That coalition between the far-left, communists, greens and socialists has since imploded.
—Charlotte Reed, CNBC, 7 Oct. 2025
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Time, 23 Oct. 2025
The race has catapulted him to national political stardom, with Republicans, including Trump, trying to turn him into the face of the Democratic Party by highlighting his most controversial past comments and positions and casting him as dangerous, a communist and an antisemite.
—Dave Smith, Fortune, 17 Oct. 2025
The original Committee for the First Amendment was formed in October 1947 at a time when the U.S. government worried that there were communists in Hollywood who were putting left-wing propaganda into the movies.
—Kathy M. Newman, The Conversation, 8 Oct. 2025
That coalition between the far-left, communists, greens and socialists has since imploded.
—Charlotte Reed, CNBC, 7 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for communist
socialist
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Mamdani, a democratic socialist, and Duwaji both represent a shift in American politics.—
Jay Stahl,
USA Today,
7 Nov. 2025
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Will the Democratic establishment accept that its future could look something like this proud 34-year-old democratic socialist?—
Charlie Warzel,
The Atlantic,
6 Nov. 2025
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“Communist.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/communist. Accessed 14 Nov. 2025.
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