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Communism
noun
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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communism
noun
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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