as in socialists
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 communists
In the years following, Beijing funded or armed fellow communists in Vietnam, North Korea, Burma, Malaysia, Thailand and Cambodia, causing panic in Washington and other Western capitals as the ideological struggles of the Cold War rippled across Asia.
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Dhruv Tikekar, CNN Money, 30 May 2026
During the McCarthy era, overreaching laws, surveillance, and public and private sector reprisals ostensibly targeted alleged communists.
—Bruce Schneier, The Conversation, 27 May 2026
Portofiro and the baroque universe surrounding it—communists on-world, techno-fascists offplanet, and all manner of augmentoids and spooks in the immaterial planes between—can make for a dizzying read.
—Alex James Kane, Forbes.com, 22 May 2026
The president has spent a decade calling his rivals communists and traitors, among other hyperbolic insults.
—Jonathan Chait, The Atlantic, 28 Apr. 2026
What, are you being brainwashed by communists?
—Joseph Hudak, Rolling Stone, 7 Apr. 2026
Apollo went to the moon to demonstrates the United States' — and democracy's — ability to accomplish more than the Soviet Union and the communists could do.
—Robert Z. Pearlman, Space.com, 30 Mar. 2026
And then communists in Vietnam.
—Connor Okeeffe, Oc Register, 29 Mar. 2026
Set against the backdrop of 1930s East London, the musical dramatizes a pivotal historical moment when over 100,000 residents – Jews, Irish dockers, trade unionists, communists and everyday locals – united to oppose the rise of fascism in their neighborhood.
—Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 26 Jan. 2026
Dhruv Tikekar, CNN Money, 30 May 2026
During the McCarthy era, overreaching laws, surveillance, and public and private sector reprisals ostensibly targeted alleged communists.
—Bruce Schneier, The Conversation, 27 May 2026
Portofiro and the baroque universe surrounding it—communists on-world, techno-fascists offplanet, and all manner of augmentoids and spooks in the immaterial planes between—can make for a dizzying read.
—Alex James Kane, Forbes.com, 22 May 2026
The president has spent a decade calling his rivals communists and traitors, among other hyperbolic insults.
—Jonathan Chait, The Atlantic, 28 Apr. 2026
What, are you being brainwashed by communists?
—Joseph Hudak, Rolling Stone, 7 Apr. 2026
Apollo went to the moon to demonstrates the United States' — and democracy's — ability to accomplish more than the Soviet Union and the communists could do.
—Robert Z. Pearlman, Space.com, 30 Mar. 2026
And then communists in Vietnam.
—Connor Okeeffe, Oc Register, 29 Mar. 2026
Set against the backdrop of 1930s East London, the musical dramatizes a pivotal historical moment when over 100,000 residents – Jews, Irish dockers, trade unionists, communists and everyday locals – united to oppose the rise of fascism in their neighborhood.
—Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 26 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for communists
socialists
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The race to succeed retiring New York City Congresswoman Nydia Velázquez in the 7th District is leading to one of the top Democratic primaries in the five boroughs, pitting progressives against democratic socialists.—
Marcia Kramer,
CBS News,
31 May 2026
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The traditional political alliances are frayed, at best, with socialists backing a billionaire and Trump supporting an immigrant.—
Philip Elliott,
Time,
30 May 2026
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“Communists.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/communists. Accessed 5 Jun. 2026.
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