Communism
['kɒmjʊnɪz(ə)m] or ['kɑmjʊ'nɪzəm]
Definition
(noun.) a political theory favoring collectivism in a classless society.
(noun.) a form of socialism that abolishes private ownership.
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Definition
(n.) A scheme of equalizing the social conditions of life; specifically, a scheme which contemplates the abolition of inequalities in the possession of property, as by distributing all wealth equally to all, or by holding all wealth in common for the equal use and advantage of all.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Socialism, Fourierism, Phalansterism, Humanitarianism, Saint Simonianism.
Typist: Moira
Definition
n. a theory or condition of things according to which private property should be abolished and all things held in common.—n. Comm′unist one who holds such principles.—adj. Communist′ic pertaining to communism.
Checker: Sabina
Examples
- Between 1532 and 1535 the insurgents held the town of Münster in Westphalia, and did their utmost to realize their ideas of a religious communism. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Except for quite personal possessions, there was still an air of patriarchal communism about the tribe. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Then you have a communism in your country? Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- In England Sir Thomas More produced a quaint imitation of Plato's _Republic_ in his _Utopia_, setting out a sort of autocratic communism. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Communism is the proposal to abolish property altogether, or, in other words, to hold all things in common. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- No more nonsensical expression is conceivable in sociology than the term primitive communism. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- In the earlier period the common people had had an idea to crystallize upon, the idea of Christian communism. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- About war there is no difficulty; the principle of communism is adapted to military service. Plato. The Republic.
- There is an element of monasticism even in Plato's communism. Plato. The Republic.
- Nothing is told us of the application of communism to the lower classes; nor is the table of prohibited degrees capable of being made out. Plato. The Republic.
- He foreshadowed the continuation of this new war communism into the peace period in discourses of great fire and beauty. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- We have traced it in the middle ages burning the rich man's ch?teaux and experimenting in theocracy and communism. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
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