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Comintern

or Kom·in·tern

[ kom-in-turn, kom-in-turn ]

Comintern

/ ˈkɒmɪnˌtɜːn /

noun

  1. short for Communist International : an international Communist organization founded by Lenin in Moscow in 1919 and dissolved in 1943; it degenerated under Stalin into an instrument of Soviet politics Also calledThird International


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Word History and Origins

Origin of Comintern1

< Russian Komintérn, for Kommunistícheskiĭ Internatsionál Communist International

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Example Sentences

But selling to the New Yorker is the latest orders from the Comintern.

The American Ambassador's daughter here told him that you are an agent of the Comintern.

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