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- noun The ideology of political parties that use the term
Communist in their names, usuallyMarxist andLeninist . - noun The socio-economic system based on such parties' ideologies.
- noun US, informal A state of affairs perceived as
oppressive , overlyarbitrary , ortotalitarian .
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Examples
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We hold further that Communism is not only desirable, but that existing societies, founded on Individualism, _are inevitably impelled in the direction of Communism_.
The Conquest of Bread Peter Kropotkin
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“The term Communism, applied in any sly, subversive manner to an individual or group, could become the kiss of death, the way America is thinking today,” Jan told Betty, his tone no longer trifling.
A Covert Affair Jennet Conant 2011
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Belief in Communism is an indication of delusion, no different that believing that you are the Queen of England.
A Nation of Entrepreneurs?, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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“The term Communism, applied in any sly, subversive manner to an individual or group, could become the kiss of death, the way America is thinking today,” Jan told Betty, his tone no longer trifling.
A Covert Affair Jennet Conant 2011
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Nasser and Nasserism, and even Socialism and Communism, is something of history.
Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood Under Pressure Ahead of Elections 2010
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Nasser and Nasserism, and even Socialism and Communism, is something of history.
Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood Under Pressure Ahead of Elections 2010
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I think that Communism is a bad thing, and I think if someone was a Communist it's to their benefit to get out of being Communist.
Brad Balfour: Q&A Exclusive: Twice Oscar-Nominated Animator Bill Plympton Releases His Surreal Idiots and Angels Brad Balfour 2010
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Nasser and Nasserism, and even Socialism and Communism, is something of history.
Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood Under Pressure Ahead of Elections 2010
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Communism is evil; government intervention in the market is socialism; there's no difference between socialism and communism; hence government intervention is evil – so runs the logic.
The Accountability Problem « L.E. Modesitt, Jr. – The Official Website 2009
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The people who brought the USSR down were former believers in Communism who became disillusioned (think Andrei Sakharov) or current believers who embarked on reform to save the ideology (Mikhail Gorbachev), only to find they could not control the reform process.
Why haven't all the world's countries become democracies? Fred Hiatt 2010
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