as in communists
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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Noun
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The nationalists and communists fell into an uneasy truce with the creation of the second united front in 1937.—
Meredith Oyen,
The Conversation,
2 Sep. 2025 -
It was roiled by rampant political violence, frequent political assassinations, and street fights between communists and fascists, both of whom rejected the new regime.—
DANIEL ZIBLATT,
Foreign Affairs,
28 Aug. 2025
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Remember this yet again next time conservatives marinating in their victimhood claim Hollywood is full of socialists.—
John Tamny,
Forbes.com,
2 Sep. 2025
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Throughout the late nineteenth century and much of the twentieth, Jewish socialists, liberals, anarchists, and Zionists all saw their respective political programs as offering a remedy for anti-Semitism.—
Daniel May,
Harpers Magazine,
20 Aug. 2025
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“Commies.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/commies. Accessed 13 Sep. 2025.
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