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
The nationalists and communists fell into an uneasy truce with the creation of the second united front in 1937.
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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
Leon Trotsky was fatally attacked in his home by a Spanish communist wielding an ice pick.
—Lorenzino Estrada, AZCentral.com, 20 Aug. 2025
My parents and sisters immigrated from Poland in the 1980s, leaving behind a country ruled by communists for a new life just outside of Chicago, Illinois.
—Rich Tabaka, Forbes.com, 19 Aug. 2025
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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
Leon Trotsky was fatally attacked in his home by a Spanish communist wielding an ice pick.
—Lorenzino Estrada, AZCentral.com, 20 Aug. 2025
My parents and sisters immigrated from Poland in the 1980s, leaving behind a country ruled by communists for a new life just outside of Chicago, Illinois.
—Rich Tabaka, Forbes.com, 19 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for communist
socialist
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Mamdani, the Democratic socialist, won a surprising victory in the New York mayoral primary earlier this year in part for unconventional ad spots that broke through the clutter.—
Ted Johnson,
Deadline,
1 Oct. 2025
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The former vice president also gave a less-than-effusive endorsement of Zohran Mamdani, the Democratic socialist running to become the next New York City mayor.—
Mabinty Quarshie,
The Washington Examiner,
23 Sep. 2025
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“Communist.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/communist. Accessed 9 Oct. 2025.
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