see|Communism

English
wikipedia
Pronunciation
IPA /'k�m.ju�nɪzm̩/

Etymology
A calque of the G. word Kommunismus (from Marx and Engels's Manifesto of the German Communist Party), in turn a calque of the F. word communisme, which was formed from commun ("common"), from L. communis, and the suffix -isme ("-ism").

Image:Hammer_and_sickle.svg|thumb|right|The [[red flag, particularly when marked with a yellow hammer intersecting a yellow sickle, is an iconic symbol of communism.]]

Noun
en-noun

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

Category:English_nouns_ending_in_-ism

Related terms
Communism
communal
commune
communist
commie

Translations
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Croatian: t+|hr|komunizam|m
Czech: t+|cs|komunismus|m
Danish: kommunisme c
Estonian: kommunism
Finnish: t+|fi|kommunismi
French: t+|fr|communisme
German: t+|de|Kommunismus|m
Greek: t-|el|κομμο�νι�μ��|m|sc=Grek (kommounismós)
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Hungarian: t|hu|kommunizmus
Italian: t+|it|comunismo|m
Irish: cummanachas m
Japanese ��主義 (��������, ky�sanshugi)
Romanian: t-|ro|comunism|n
Russian: t+|ru|комм�низм|m|trkommunízm|scCyrl
Slovene: t+|sl|komunizem|m
Spanish: t-|es|comunismo|m
Swedish: kommunism c
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trans-top|society
Croatian: t+|hr|komunizam|m
Danish: kommunisme c
Estonian: kommunism
Finnish: t+|fi|kommunismi
French: t+|fr|communisme
German: t+|de|Kommunismus|m
Greek: t-|el|κομμο�νι�μ��|m|sc=Grek (kommounismós)
Hungarian: t|hu|kommunizmus
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Italian: t+|it|comunismo|m
Irish: cummanachas m
Japanese ��主義 (��������, ky�sanshugi)
Romanian: t-|ro|comunism|n
Russian: комм�низм (kommunízm) m
Slovene: komunizem m
Spanish: t-|es|comunismo|m
Swedish: kommunism c
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ttbc|Albanian: komunizëm
ttbc|Arabic: ARchar|ش��ع�ة
ttbc|Azerbaijani: kommunizm
ttbc|Bosnian: komunizam m
ttbc|Breton: komunouriezh
ttbc|Bulgarian: ком�низ�м (komuniz�m)
ttbc|Catalan: comunisme
Chinese:
:Mandarin: zh-ts|��主義|�产主� (gòngch�n zh�yì)
ttbc|Dutch: communisme
ttbc|Esperanto: komunismo
ttbc|Galician: comunismo
ttbc|Georgian: ��������� (komunizmi)
ttbc|Hebrew: ק���נ��� (qomunizm)
ttbc|Hindi: साम�यवाद (s�myav�d)
ttbc|Indonesian: komunisme
ttbc|Korean: 공�주� (gongsanjuŭi)
ttbc|Lithuanian: komunizmas
ttbc|Latvian: komunisms
ttbc|Lojban: guntrusi'o
ttbc|Malay: komunisme
ttbc|Min Nan: ki�ng-sán-chú-gī
ttbc|Norwegian: kommunisme
ttbc|Persian: FAchar|ک����س�, FAchar|اص�� اشتراک�
ttbc|Polish: komunizm
ttbc|Portuguese: comunismo
ttbc|Serbian:
:Cyrillic: ком�низам m
:Roman: komunizam#Serbian|komunizam m
ttbc|Sicilian: cumunismu
ttbc|Slovak: komunizmus
ttbc|Turkish: komünızm
ttbc|Urdu: URchar|اشتراک�ت (aštr�kiyat)
ttbc|Uyghur: kommunizm
ttbc|Vietnamese: chủ nghĩa c�ng sản
ttbc|Welsh: comiwnyddiaeth
ttbc|Yiddish: komunism
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Usage notes
This note is discussed on the talk page.
Beginning in the 1950s, the term communism was used to describe something negative. This usage is very similar to the way that the word gay is used. This practice is derived from the fact that people, during the Wikipedia:Red Scare|Red Scare, accused those they disliked of being communists, often for absurd or impossible reasons. For example, one might describe a difficult test as "communism". This colloquial usage is restricted primarily to American English. See Communism.

See also
leftism
Leninism
liberalism
Maoism
Marxism
socialism
Stalinism
Trotskyism

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