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communism.

Any far-left political ideology or philosophy advocating holding the production of resources collectively, especially by seizing it through revolution.

9 characters3 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈkɒmjᵿnɪz(ə)m/UK[ˈkɑ.mju.nɪ.zm̩]US[ˈkɑ.mjə.nɪ.zm̩]US[ˈkɔm.jə.nɪ.zm̩]Australia

  1. Any far-left political ideology or philosophy advocating holding the production of resources collectively, especially by seizing it through revolution.

    countable · uncountable

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

    countable · uncountable

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

    countable · uncountable

  4. Any left-wing ideology, government regulations, or policies promoting a welfare state, nationalisation, etc.

    Western · colloquial · countable · derogatory · often · uncountable
    This tax plan is communism!

  5. Readiness to share scientific findings (the first of the Mertonian norms).

    countable · rare · uncountable

  6. communality, sharedness.

    countable · rare · uncountable
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *mey- Proto-Indo-European *ḱom-moy-ni-s Proto-Italic *kommoinis Old Latin comoinis Latin commūnis Old French comun French commun Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek -ῐσμός (-ĭsmós)bor. Latin -ismusbor. French -isme French communismebor. English communism A borrowing from French communisme, which was formed from commun (“common”) (from Latin commūnis) and the suffix -isme (“-ism”). By surface analysis, commune + -ism.

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