Communism

Word COMMUNISM
Character 9
Hyphenation com mu nism
Pronunciations /ˈkɒm.juˌnɪzm̩/

Definitions and meanings of "Communism"

What do we mean by communism?

A theoretical economic system characterized by the collective ownership of property and by the organization of labor for the common advantage of all members. noun

A system of government in which the state plans and controls the economy and a single, often authoritarian party holds power, claiming to make progress toward a higher social order in which all goods are equally shared by the people. noun

The Marxist-Leninist doctrine advocating revolution to overthrow the capitalist system and establish a dictatorship of the proletariat that will eventually evolve into a perfectly egalitarian and communal society. noun

An economic system, or theory, which rests upon the total or partial abolition of the right of private property, actual ownership being ascribed to the community as a whole or to the state. noun

Communalism. noun

A scheme of equalizing the social conditions of life; specifically, a scheme which contemplates the abolition of inequalities in the possession of property, as by distributing all wealth equally to all, or by holding all wealth in common for the equal use and advantage of all. noun

Any political philosophy or ideology advocating holding the production of resources collectively. noun

Any political social system that implements a communist political philosophy. noun

The international socialist society where classes and the state no longer exist. noun

A political theory favoring collectivism in a classless society noun

A form of socialism that abolishes private ownership noun

Any political ideology or philosophy advocating holding the production of resources collectively.

Any political social system that implements a communist political philosophy.

The international socialist society where classes, money, and the state no longer exist.

Synonyms and Antonyms for Communism

The word "communism" in example sentences

The pair, with Engels, continued to agonize over a clear definition of what they meant by the term communism and over a statement of principles—a mission statement—for a communist party. ❋ Michael Goldfarb (2009)

Throwing out the term communism has all the demagoguery of Sen. Joseph McCarthy and recalls a dark chapter in American history. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Hess had introduced Marx to the term communism, and now Marx had convinced Hess that the definition of communism had to come out of an understanding of political economy. ❋ Michael Goldfarb (2009)

In the 1840s the term communism came into use to denote loosely a militant leftist form of socialism; it was associated with the writings of Étienne Cabet and his theories of common ownership. ❋ Unknown (2010)

The term communism was associated with the revolutionary transformation of the means of production and other private property into property of the society, subsuming therefore the very concept of property - such was the character of what can be considered to be the first modern communist movement, the ❋ Unknown (2009)

Stalin reserves the term communism exclusively to what Marx called the "higher phase" of communism. ❋ Unknown (2008)

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There exists a popular error to the effect that what we call communism and socialism in Western civilization are modern growths, representing aspiration toward some perfect form of democracy. ❋ Lafcadio Hearn (1877)

And this happened in a land where "communism" is the watchword and where belief in a godless world is favoured. ❋ Unknown (1943)

Instead vote-seekers have injected terms like socialism and communism from the collectivist end of the spectrum into the elections, even though they are utterly without genuine political relevance in America. ❋ Benjamin R. Barber (2010)

Marxism, bearded or not, denotes not a different stage of communism but points to a theory about history that claims communism is an inevitable consequence of how economic laws unfold. ❋ Benjamin R. Barber (2010)

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