communism

Meanings

Plural: communisms

Noun

• a form of socialism that abolishes private ownership
• a political theory favoring collectivism in a classless society
• Any far-left political ideology or philosophy advocating holding the production of resources collectively, especially by seizing it through revolution.
• Any political social system that implements a communist political philosophy.
• The international socialist society where classes, money, and the state no longer exist.
• Any left-wing ideology, government regulations, or policies promoting a welfare state, nationalisation, etc.
• Readiness to share scientific findings (the first of the Mertonian norms).

Synonyms

aspheterism

Related Words

authoritarianism, capitalism, collectivism, commie, communal, communalism, commune, communist, communistic, communistical, communistically, decommunisation, Hitlerism, individualism, leftism, Leninism, liberalism, Maoism, Marxism, Marxism-Leninism, National Socialism, Nazism, res communis, socialism, Stalinism, statism, totalitarianism, Trotskyism