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
Maybe that will be next, as Trump is already calling Mamdani a communist.
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New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 29 June 2025
In the 1950s, Florida state Sen. Charley Johns launched his own version of a Joe McCarthy-style hunt for communists in Florida government and universities.
—David Niven, The Orlando Sentinel, 21 June 2025
During the Cold War, this was viewed as a threat to U.S. interests, and followers were branded as communists.
—Emi Eleode, Time, 14 July 2025
Sounds like something a red-blooded communist would say.
—Maia Pandey, jsonline.com, 4 July 2025
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New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 29 June 2025
In the 1950s, Florida state Sen. Charley Johns launched his own version of a Joe McCarthy-style hunt for communists in Florida government and universities.
—David Niven, The Orlando Sentinel, 21 June 2025
During the Cold War, this was viewed as a threat to U.S. interests, and followers were branded as communists.
—Emi Eleode, Time, 14 July 2025
Sounds like something a red-blooded communist would say.
—Maia Pandey, jsonline.com, 4 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for communist
socialist
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In the midst of the Floyd protests, an unknown 28-year-old democratic socialist named Zohran Mamdani was elected to the State Assembly seat that represents Astoria.—
Andrea Long Chu,
Vulture,
5 Aug. 2025
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Mamdani, a Ugandan immigrant and Democratic socialist, was recently criticized for previous posts condemning local police in 2020, a year filled with racial tensions and reports of police brutality.—
Ashleigh Fields,
The Hill,
30 July 2025
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“Communist.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/communist. Accessed 21 Aug. 2025.
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