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
  • His last film, a three-hour biopic about a communist-sympathizing physicist losing his security clearance, made nearly $1 billion.
    Hillary Busis, Vanity Fair, 19 July 2026
  • The shift has become a lightning rod for Republicans, who are aggressively branding Democrats as communists.
    Garrett Downs, CNBC, 17 July 2026
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  • Yet despite the faction’s inability to win in purple or red districts, democratic socialists enjoy a net favorability of 17 points among Democratic voters nationwide, compared with just 4 points for Democratic members of Congress.
    James Kirchick, The Atlantic, 21 July 2026
  • House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries was quick to congratulate the democratic socialists who defeated incumbent members of his caucus in primaries, even though their policies are much further left than his own.
    Colin Pascal, Baltimore Sun, 20 July 2026

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“Commie.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/commie. Accessed 1 Aug. 2026.

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