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
One was a novelist, another a proud fascist, another a communist, and another was inexplicably in love with Adolf Hitler, to name a few.
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Ben Rosenstock, Vulture, 19 May 2025
Taiwan's government, officially the Republic of China, fled to the island after losing the Chinese civil war to Mao's communists in 1949.
—Micah McCartney, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 May 2025
For instance, many Republicans have already raised objections to EB-5 immigration by wealthy Chinese for fear of letting in a communist.
—David Bier, Time, 30 Apr. 2025
Last year, Trump created and posted his creations of former VP Kamala Harris on social media, a few times portraying her as a communist with the hammer and sickle symbol.
—Emily Forlini, PC Magazine, 28 Apr. 2025
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Ben Rosenstock, Vulture, 19 May 2025
Taiwan's government, officially the Republic of China, fled to the island after losing the Chinese civil war to Mao's communists in 1949.
—Micah McCartney, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 May 2025
For instance, many Republicans have already raised objections to EB-5 immigration by wealthy Chinese for fear of letting in a communist.
—David Bier, Time, 30 Apr. 2025
Last year, Trump created and posted his creations of former VP Kamala Harris on social media, a few times portraying her as a communist with the hammer and sickle symbol.
—Emily Forlini, PC Magazine, 28 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for communist
socialist
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So much for the economists, socialists and politicians.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
7 Apr. 2025
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Democrats have taken to using the f-word more and are looking for leadership, once again, in an 83-year-old socialist, Bernie Sanders, joined this time by a 35-year-old socialist sidekick, in the person of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.—
The Editors,
National Review,
29 Apr. 2025
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“Communist.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/communist. Accessed 17 Jun. 2025.
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