communists

plural of communist
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 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 The nationalists and communists fell into an uneasy truce with the creation of the second united front in 1937. Meredith Oyen, The Conversation, 2 Sep. 2025 It was roiled by rampant political violence, frequent political assassinations, and street fights between communists and fascists, both of whom rejected the new regime. Daniel Ziblatt, Foreign Affairs, 28 Aug. 2025 My parents and sisters immigrated from Poland in the 1980s, leaving behind a country ruled by communists for a new life just outside of Chicago, Illinois. Rich Tabaka, Forbes.com, 19 Aug. 2025 Madigan touched on Kazan's House Un-American Activities Committee testimony in 1952 amid the blacklisting of Hollywood figures suspected of being communists during the Red Scare. EW.com, 18 Aug. 2025
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socialists
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  • Even socialists are campaigning against the high cost of living.
    W. James Antle III, The Washington Examiner, 12 Sep. 2025
  • For years, Republicans have disparaged their political rivals by describing them as socialists.
    Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 8 Sep. 2025

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“Communists.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/communists. Accessed 16 Sep. 2025.

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