communism
noun
a theory or system of social organization based on the holding of all property in common, actual ownership being ascribed to the community as a whole or to the state.
anticommunism
-
a word derived from
communism.
Example Sentences
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In “World Enemy No. 1,” the author charts the development of Nazi anticommunism, from its origins immediately after World War I, and the way the movement systematically targeted Jews as supposed agents of international Bolshevism.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 24, 2025
For decades after World War II, anticommunism was the driving force behind our geopolitical strategy.
From Salon ● Jan. 21, 2024
That post-World War II turn to anticommunism would be accompanied by a new kind of colonialism.
From Salon ● Jan. 28, 2021
Many figures of the old left took other paths, toward neoconservatism and staunch anticommunism or toward bitterness and despair, but he emerged as a liberal optimist.
From Washington Post ● May 10, 2019
The nationwide miasma of anticommunism, however, was not to be dispelled so easily.
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
