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
  • The chats included messages about killing communists, racial and religious minorities and other groups, as well as discussions of drunk driving and drug use.
    — Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 28 Oct. 2026
  • Born in Hamburg in 1936, Biermann only met his father once – in prison before the Jewish communist was killed by the Nazis in Auschwitz.
    — Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 23 Oct. 2026
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  • Masterson, who has spent the last six years thwarting Kelly’s will as a top legislative leader in Topeka’s Republican supermajority, is now highlighting examples of his bipartisan achievements and describing Holscher as a socialist.
    — Matthew Kelly, Kansas City Star, 30 Oct. 2026
  • On election night in 2025, New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani began his victory speech by quoting Eugene Debs, one of the most prominent socialists in 20th-century American politics.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 29 Oct. 2026

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“Commie.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/commie. Accessed 7 Nov. 2026.

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