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
Demobilized soldiers flocked to the paramilitary organizations that all major parties maintained, from the Nazi Stormtroopers (SA) to the conservative Steel Helmet League to the communists’ Red Front Fighters’ Association.
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Time, 23 Oct. 2025
Between 1950 and 1954, Senator Joseph McCarthy's lists of communists were actually just targets.
—Alexis Coe, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Oct. 2025
That coalition between the far-left, communists, greens and socialists has since imploded.
—Charlotte Reed, CNBC, 7 Oct. 2025
Antisemites denounced Jews both as capitalists and as communists—two creeds international in scope.
—Ian Buruma, New Yorker, 22 Sep. 2025
Cosmists who believed in technology as a messianic force clashed not just with the Svyatogor camp, but also with the communists, whose guiding ideology of Marxism-Leninism was predicated on the dismantling of age-old social systems to establish a novel world order.
—Tim Brinkhof, Big Think, 12 Sep. 2025
Indeed, when the civil war began again after Japan’s defeat, Mao’s communists had the upper hand, leading to the nationalists’ retreat to Taiwan four years later.
—Meredith Oyen, The Conversation, 2 Sep. 2025
Time, 23 Oct. 2025
Between 1950 and 1954, Senator Joseph McCarthy's lists of communists were actually just targets.
—Alexis Coe, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Oct. 2025
That coalition between the far-left, communists, greens and socialists has since imploded.
—Charlotte Reed, CNBC, 7 Oct. 2025
Antisemites denounced Jews both as capitalists and as communists—two creeds international in scope.
—Ian Buruma, New Yorker, 22 Sep. 2025
Cosmists who believed in technology as a messianic force clashed not just with the Svyatogor camp, but also with the communists, whose guiding ideology of Marxism-Leninism was predicated on the dismantling of age-old social systems to establish a novel world order.
—Tim Brinkhof, Big Think, 12 Sep. 2025
Indeed, when the civil war began again after Japan’s defeat, Mao’s communists had the upper hand, leading to the nationalists’ retreat to Taiwan four years later.
—Meredith Oyen, The Conversation, 2 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for communists
socialists
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With key figures like Governor KathyHochul and Speaker of the New York State Assembly Carl Heastie already on board, Jeffries’ endorsement isolates remaining holdouts and underscores the growing influence of Democratic socialists in mainstream politics.—
Amanda Castro,
MSNBC Newsweek,
24 Oct. 2025
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The economy, juiced by billions of dollars in funding from Brussels, was growing fast after recovering from the 2008 global financial crisis, which had damaged the political fortunes of Hungary’s socialists, in power when the crisis hit.—
New York Times,
New York Times,
12 Oct. 2025
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“Communists.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/communists. Accessed 8 Nov. 2025.
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