Meaning | A political theory favoring / favoring collectivism in a classless society. |
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Narrower | Castroism | A form of communism developed in Cuba by Fidel Castro |
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Leninism, Marxism-Leninism | The political and economic theories of Lenin which provided the guiding doctrine of the Soviet Union |
Maoism | A form of communism developed in China by Mao Zedong |
Marxism | The economic and political theories of Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels that hold that human actions and institutions are economically determined and that class struggle is needed to create historical change and that capitalism will ultimately be superseded by communism |
Trotskyism | The form of communism advocated by Leon Trotsky |
Broader | political orientation, ideology, political theory | An orientation that characterizes the thinking of a group or nation |
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Spanish | comunismo |
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Catalan | comunisme |
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Adjectives | communist, communistic | relating to or marked by communism / communism |
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post-communist | no longer communist |
Nouns | Communist | a member of the communist party |
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communist | a socialist who advocates communism / communism |
Verbs | communize | make into property owned by the state |
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communize | make Communist or bring in accord / accord with Communist principles |