non-Communist
Americanadjective
noun
Etymology
Origin of non-Communist
First recorded in 1915–20
Example Sentences
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The fourth spot usually goes to the head of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference, the advisory group to the NPC that also oversees non-Communist groupings, religious organizations and minority groups.
From Seattle Times • Oct. 22, 2022
As a writer for the Evening Star put it: “Despite a lot of wishful thinking in the non-Communist world, the reaper was a long time catching up with Joseph Stalin.”
From Washington Post • Apr. 23, 2022
As the historian Landon Storrs has shown, social democrats and other non-Communist leftists in the federal bureaucracy—especially women—had their careers destroyed.
From Slate • Nov. 19, 2021
Mr. Strauss became ambassador to the newly non-Communist Russian Federation.
From New York Times • Mar. 20, 2014
The Christian Democratic Union, a non-Communist party pushing for reunification with West Germany, emerged victorious.
From "Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia" by Marc Favreau
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