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
Cuba's national electric grid collapsed on March 16, the second time in a month that has seen a series of outages, including one sparking a rare violent protest in the communist-run country.
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Kate Perez, USA Today, 22 Mar. 2026
The United States in Vietnam, 1965–1968 American war planners believed material superiority would force the communists in Hanoi to surrender.
—Monica Duffy Toft, The Conversation, 20 Mar. 2026
Unhumans uses the term communists interchangeably with progressives and Cultural Marxists (the modern right’s term for anyone who believes in left-of-center ideas about race, gender, and sexuality).
—Ali Breland, The Atlantic, 6 Mar. 2026
The politically insurgent son of one of America’s wealthiest families, a staunch communist and sworn enemy of the plutocratic environment he was born and raised in, creates a revolutionary base in rural Massachusetts so as to fight against capitalism from within.
—Matthew Carey, Deadline, 25 Feb. 2026
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Kate Perez, USA Today, 22 Mar. 2026
The United States in Vietnam, 1965–1968 American war planners believed material superiority would force the communists in Hanoi to surrender.
—Monica Duffy Toft, The Conversation, 20 Mar. 2026
Unhumans uses the term communists interchangeably with progressives and Cultural Marxists (the modern right’s term for anyone who believes in left-of-center ideas about race, gender, and sexuality).
—Ali Breland, The Atlantic, 6 Mar. 2026
The politically insurgent son of one of America’s wealthiest families, a staunch communist and sworn enemy of the plutocratic environment he was born and raised in, creates a revolutionary base in rural Massachusetts so as to fight against capitalism from within.
—Matthew Carey, Deadline, 25 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for communist
socialist
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Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez, a devout socialist and one of the most vocal opponents of the Pentagon’s Operation Epic Fury in Iran, brushed off the threat of being removed from the alliance.—
Mike Brest,
The Washington Examiner,
24 Apr. 2026
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He was later pardoned and won election for president as a socialist in 1999.—
CBS Miami Team,
CBS News,
21 Apr. 2026
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“Communist.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/communist. Accessed 3 May. 2026.
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