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
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.
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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
Suharto blamed the coup on communists, ousted then-President Sukarno – the country’s first post-independence leader – and sanctioned a hunt for those responsible.
—Jessie Yeung, CNN Money, 11 Nov. 2025
At the same time, Republicans are hoping that Democratic socialist Zohran Mamdani being elected the next mayor of New York City will present the GOP with the opportunity to portray Democrats as far-Left communists again, particularly animating political rhetoric for the party.
—Naomi Lim, The Washington Examiner, 4 Nov. 2025
But as divisions yawned between moderate Social Democrats and more radical communists, the revolution turned bloody.
—Time, 23 Oct. 2025
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
Suharto blamed the coup on communists, ousted then-President Sukarno – the country’s first post-independence leader – and sanctioned a hunt for those responsible.
—Jessie Yeung, CNN Money, 11 Nov. 2025
At the same time, Republicans are hoping that Democratic socialist Zohran Mamdani being elected the next mayor of New York City will present the GOP with the opportunity to portray Democrats as far-Left communists again, particularly animating political rhetoric for the party.
—Naomi Lim, The Washington Examiner, 4 Nov. 2025
But as divisions yawned between moderate Social Democrats and more radical communists, the revolution turned bloody.
—Time, 23 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for communists
socialists
Noun
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Trump unleashes the 'Donroe Doctrine' and puts socialists on notice worldwide.—
,
FOXNews.com,
7 Jan. 2026
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The hires, which were first reported by the New York Times and expected to be officially announced Tuesday, highlight the ideological alignment of Mamdani and Sanders, both of whom are democratic socialists and see each other as political peers.—
Chris Sommerfeldt,
New York Daily News,
6 Jan. 2026
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“Communists.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/communists. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.
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