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The ideology of political parties that use the term 'Communist' in their names, usually Marxist and Leninist.
The socio-economic system based on such parties' ideologies.
(context, US, informal) A state of affairs perceived as oppressive, overly arbitrary, or totalitarian.

- 1953 (pub. 1997), Eugen Rosenstock-Huessy ed., Hinge of Generations-1953 Transcripts http://books.google.com/books?vid=ISBN091214825X&id=faq3Bng7IeYC&pg=RA1-PA24-IA44&lpg=RA1-PA24-IA44&dq=%22that%27s+communism%22&sig=euXrX5FOsAMFM3BcT3cmzgFmKb8
- :...he shouldn't...just...say..."I -- I am responsible for prosperity,"...that's , Sir, you see.
- 1992, Sylvia Whitman, V Is for Victory: The American Home Front During World War II http://books.google.com/books?vid=ISBN0822517272&id=NoieB4ELLAgC&pg=PA57&lpg=PA57&dq=%22that%27s+communism%22&sig=m5yurFCa3ukbwM0VW74RVK4DuD0
- :Although her elder daughter, Jane, complains, "that's ," Mrs. Hilton rents her own bedroom to a retired colonel.
- 1998, Joseph Martin Hernon, Profiles in Character: Hubris and Heroism in the U.S. Senate, 1789-1990 http://books.google.com/books?vid=ISBN1563249383&id=ByeH99C-N_AC&pg=PA198&lpg=PA198&dq=%22that%27s+communism%22&sig=fDBorCuRt2cc10fpTCa449WAFKI
- :...he condemned Thurmond's proposal for its "totalitarianism": "That's ....That's China. That's not America.

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Full Definition of Communism

Any political philosophy or ideology advocating holding the production of resources collectively.
Any political social system that implements a communist political philosophy.
The international socialist society where classes and the state no longer exist.

Etymology: A calque of the word Kommunismus (from Marx and Engels's http://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/1848/communist-manifesto/index.htm Manifesto of the German Communist Party), in turn a calque of the word communisme, which was formed from commun ("common"), from communis, and the suffix -isme ("-ism"). flag, particularly when marked with a yellow hammer intersecting a yellow sickle, is an iconic symbol of communism.]]

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