Definition of commienext
as in communist
an adherent or advocate of an economic system in which the means of production are owned and controlled by the state alleged that commies had infiltrated every level of the federal government

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Recent Examples of commie At other times, he’s called to action as a respected adventurer to investigate missing persons and MacGuffins, which generally leads to a series of globe-spanning scraps with members Axis Powers (sometimes cultists and commies too). Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 10 Dec. 2024 There is the monolithic enemy — commies from North Vietnam, sneak attackers from Imperial Japan, tech spies from China. Teresa Watanabe, Los Angeles Times, 29 Dec. 2023 Thank you @elonmusk for stopping the commie who suspended me from Twitter a week before the election. Tori Otten, The New Republic, 1 Nov. 2022 The only thing more shocking is that the Texas Board of Education didn't try to insert a phrase somewhere saying that global warming was a massive hoax, perpetrated by a cabal of commie climate scientists. Keith Kloor, Discover Magazine, 13 Mar. 2010 See All Example Sentences for commie
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Noun
  • Republicans see an opportunity here, portraying progressive and socialist Democrats as lunatics and communists.
    ABC News, ABC News, 9 Aug. 2026
  • The John Birch Society, an organization that also alleged that communists were behind the Civil Rights Movement, agreed.
    Aaron Coy Moulton, The Conversation, 7 Aug. 2026
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  • Moderate Democrat David Crowley will win his party's primary for Wisconsin governor, CBS News projects, in a narrow, upset victory over Francesca Hong, a democratic socialist who was widely viewed as a frontrunner in the race.
    Caroline Linton, CBS News, 12 Aug. 2026
  • Francesca Hong, a 37-year-old democratic socialist, state lawmaker and chef, has been leading in the polls throughout much of the Democratic primary for governor of Wisconsin.
    Clay Masters, NPR, 11 Aug. 2026

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“Commie.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/commie. Accessed 18 Aug. 2026.

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