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
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.
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Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 26 Jan. 2026
Time stopped in Cuba after the communists took over.
—Peter Lucas, Boston Herald, 17 Jan. 2026
Instead, the major political factions of the time--from the moderates to the communists to the Islamists to millions of everyday Iranians--put their trust in the mullahs to bring them a free Iran.
—Arkansas Online, 15 Jan. 2026
Instead, the major political factions of the time — from the moderates to the communists to the Islamists to millions of everyday Iranians — put their trust in the mullahs to bring them a free Iran.
—Talla Mountjoy, Chicago Tribune, 12 Jan. 2026
The self-governing island split from the mainland in 1949 after Chiang Kai-shek’s Nationalists retreated there upon losing a civil war with Mao Zedong’s communists.
—Ted Anthony, Los Angeles Times, 31 Dec. 2025
Rockwell claimed Jewish communists were behind the Civil Rights Movement, while the Nation of Islam published a pseudo-historical book in 1991 claiming that Jews were responsible for the transatlantic slave trade.
—George Michael, The Conversation, 19 Dec. 2025
Those pompous traitorous communists should be impeached and prosecuted.
—Dan Gooding, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Nov. 2025
Suharto, who is also the current leader’s father-in-law, came to power following brutal bloodletting in 1965 in which at least half a million people alleged to be communists were killed, and critics point to widespread reports of torture and forced disappearances through to his overthrow in 1998.
—Prashant Rao, semafor.com, 11 Nov. 2025
Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 26 Jan. 2026
Time stopped in Cuba after the communists took over.
—Peter Lucas, Boston Herald, 17 Jan. 2026
Instead, the major political factions of the time--from the moderates to the communists to the Islamists to millions of everyday Iranians--put their trust in the mullahs to bring them a free Iran.
—Arkansas Online, 15 Jan. 2026
Instead, the major political factions of the time — from the moderates to the communists to the Islamists to millions of everyday Iranians — put their trust in the mullahs to bring them a free Iran.
—Talla Mountjoy, Chicago Tribune, 12 Jan. 2026
The self-governing island split from the mainland in 1949 after Chiang Kai-shek’s Nationalists retreated there upon losing a civil war with Mao Zedong’s communists.
—Ted Anthony, Los Angeles Times, 31 Dec. 2025
Rockwell claimed Jewish communists were behind the Civil Rights Movement, while the Nation of Islam published a pseudo-historical book in 1991 claiming that Jews were responsible for the transatlantic slave trade.
—George Michael, The Conversation, 19 Dec. 2025
Those pompous traitorous communists should be impeached and prosecuted.
—Dan Gooding, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Nov. 2025
Suharto, who is also the current leader’s father-in-law, came to power following brutal bloodletting in 1965 in which at least half a million people alleged to be communists were killed, and critics point to widespread reports of torture and forced disappearances through to his overthrow in 1998.
—Prashant Rao, semafor.com, 11 Nov. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for communists
socialists
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The loudest calls for taxing the ultra-rich amid this year’s Davos summit aren’t coming from hooded anarchists or revolutionary socialists, but from the one-percenters themselves.—
Joe Wilkins Published Jan 22,
Futurism,
22 Jan. 2026
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This gives the president and the feds power to dictate corporate policy — a longstanding goal of democratic socialists.—
Steven Greenhut,
Oc Register,
16 Jan. 2026
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“Communists.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/communists. Accessed 3 Feb. 2026.
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