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
Fascists, communists, terrorists, and human traffickers all have values, but most of us would not consider their values valuable.
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Andrew Abela, Forbes.com, 3 May 2025
Buang feared his family would pay a terrible price if captured by the communists.
—Brad Lendon, CNN Money, 30 Apr. 2025
He was briefly jailed, branded a communist and sent back north.
—Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 11 Apr. 2025
Noboa warns her presidency would send Ecuador into a communist spiral, akin to neighboring Venezuela and Nicaragua.
—Carrie Kahn, NPR, 12 Apr. 2025
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Andrew Abela, Forbes.com, 3 May 2025
Buang feared his family would pay a terrible price if captured by the communists.
—Brad Lendon, CNN Money, 30 Apr. 2025
He was briefly jailed, branded a communist and sent back north.
—Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 11 Apr. 2025
Noboa warns her presidency would send Ecuador into a communist spiral, akin to neighboring Venezuela and Nicaragua.
—Carrie Kahn, NPR, 12 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for communist
socialist
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That was demonstrated on the night before Newsom’s announcement when Sen. Bernie Sanders and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez — two East Coast democratic socialists — attracted nearly 30,000 people at an anti-Trump rally in a Republican congressional district near Sacramento.—
George Skelton,
Mercury News,
25 Apr. 2025
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Many in the audience also came to hear Ocasio-Cortez, 35, a sharp, politically savvy Democratic socialist once at the fringes of the Democratic Party who is now broadening her national appeal.—
Laura J. Nelson,
Los Angeles Times,
13 Apr. 2025
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“Communist.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/communist. Accessed 29 May. 2025.
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