| 单词 | communist |
| 释义 | communist (once / 4014 pages) adjn Communism is a political doctrine that is an extreme form of Socialism, and anyone belonging to this particular political party is called a communist. A handful of countries call themselves communist, including China, Cuba, and North Korea — though many communists would disagree. We can find the roots of the word communist in the Latin communis, meaning "common" or "shared." These meanings certainly apply to the ideal version of Communism, which means that everyone is equal, and no one has more than anyone else. It was first used in English as both a noun and an adjective in 1841, taken from the French communiste. In the mid-20th Century, division between the U.S. and its allies and those that were Communist formed what became the “Cold War.” WORD FAMILYcommunist: communists, post-communist USAGE EXAMPLESRecent propaganda from the communist government intentionally released sensitive, military information. Washington Times(Jan 02, 2017) Duterte, whose administration is holding peace talks with the communist rebels, said it was unlikely the Maoist guerrillas were involved. Seattle Times(Dec 29, 2016) Mr. Gauland was born during World War II in Chemnitz, a city that would become Karl-Marx-Stadt under East German communist rule. Washington Times(Dec 28, 2016) 1adj relating to or marked by communism communist governments Syn communistic 2n a socialist who advocates communism Syn|Exp|Hypo|Hyper commie Mao Tsetung Chinese communist leader (1893-1976) John ReedUnited States journalist who reported on the October Revolution from Petrograd in 1917; founded the Communist Labor Party in America in 1919; is buried in the Kremlin in Moscow (1887-1920) Iosif Vissarionovich DzhugashviliRussian leader who succeeded Lenin as head of the Communist Party and created a totalitarian state by purging all opposition (1879-1953) Chou En-laiChinese revolutionary and communist leader (1898-1976) Nikolai Ivanovich BukharinBolshevik leader in Russia who advocated gradual collectivism of the farms; was executed in a purge by Stalin (1888-1938) Vladimir Ilyich UlyanovRussian founder of the Bolsheviks and leader of the Russian Revolution and first head of the USSR (1870-1924) Lev Davidovich BronsteinRussian revolutionary and Communist theorist who helped Lenin and built up the army; he was ousted from the Communist Party by Stalin and eventually assassinated in Mexico (1879-1940) apparatchik a communist who was a member of the administrative system of a communist party Bolshevik, Bolshevista Russian member of the left-wing majority group that followed Lenin and eventually became the Russian communist party Comradea fellow member of the Communist Party revisionista Communist who tries to rewrite Marxism to justify a retreat from the revolutionary position socialist a political advocate of socialism Communist (once / 259 pages) n WORD FAMILY Communist: Communists+/communism: Communist, communisms, communistic/communistic: communistically USAGE EXAMPLESIn the Communist telling, Sun is the “forerunner of the democratic revolution”. Economist(Nov 03, 2016) The Communist Party relies heavily on the police to enforce order and maintain social stability, and many officers are poorly paid. Washington Post(Dec 30, 2016) They became victims of the witch hunt for so-called Communist sympathizers and those who “lost” China. New York Times(Jan 01, 2017) n a member of the communist party Hyper pol, political leader, politician, politico a person active in party politics |
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