communist

• Communist

From French communiste, from commun (“common, communal”) + -iste (“-ist”). By surface analysis, commune +‎ -ist.

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈkɒm.jʊ.nɪst/

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• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈkɑ.mjə.nɪst/, /ˈkɑ.mju.nɪst/

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• (Philippines) IPA^(key): /komˈmju.nɪst/
• Hyphenation: com‧mu‧nist

communist (comparative more communist, superlative most communist)

1. Of, relating to, supporting, or advocating communism.

communist (plural communists)

2. (communism) An advocate of a society based on the common ownership of property; a proponent of communism.
3. (nonstandard) Any revolutionary or subversive radical.

• red, pink, pinko, commie (informal); commo (Australia, informal); communazi, pinkoid (derogatory)

• uncommits

From French communiste or German Kommunist, itself from French.

• IPA^(key): /ˌkɔ.myˈnɪst/

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• Hyphenation: com‧mu‧nist
• Rhymes: -ɪst

communist m (plural communisten, diminutive communistje n, feminine communiste)

1. communist [from ca. 1840]

• anarchocommunist
• communistenvreter
• communistisch
• zolderkamercommunist

• communisme

• Afrikaans: kommunis
• → Indonesian: komunis