Cominform

American  

[kom-in-fawrm] / ˈkɒm ɪnˌfɔrm /

noun

1. an organization (1947–56) established by the Communist parties of nine European countries for mutual advice and coordinated activity.

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Cominform British  

/ ˈkɒmɪnˌfɔːm /

noun

1. short for Communist Information Bureau : established 1947 to exchange information among nine European Communist parties and coordinate their activities; dissolved in 1956

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Other Word Forms

• Cominformist
  noun

Etymology

Origin of Cominform

Com(munist) Inform(ation Bureau)

Example Sentences

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Cominform

Yugoslavia was a communist state from the beginning and was one of the founders of the Cominform, the Information Bureau of the Communist and Workers’ Parties, in 1947.

From Textbooks ● Dec. 14, 2022

The row between Yugoslavia's Tito and the Cominform had shaken the Italian Communist Party to the roots.

From Time Magazine Archive

In Yugoslavia, which was expelled from the Stalinist Cominform in 1948, the church faces typical Communist harassments in attenuated form.

From Time Magazine Archive

Politburo Member and Cominform Boss Andrei Alexandrovich Zhdanov died of arteriosclerosis in his 53rd year.

From Time Magazine Archive

A few days after the Cominform resolution against Tito, the Albanian rulers expelled all Yugoslav experts and advisers and denounced most of the political, military, and economic agreements.

From Area Handbook for Albania by Sarah Jane Elpern