anticommunist

American  

[an-tahy-kahm-yuhn-ist, an-tee-] / ˌæn taɪˈkɑm yən ɪst, ˌæn ti- /

adjective

1. opposed to communism, especially in a vocal or public way.

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noun

1. a person who is opposed to communism, especially in a vocal or public way.

Example Sentences

But he kept Spain neutral in the war, and proved, in the Cold War years, a staunch anticommunist who worked with America.

From The Wall Street Journal

While scholars in recent years have enriched our understanding of the political and social dynamics that underlaid what was in many ways a Vietnamese civil war, the U.S. military invasion that accompanied the internecine fighting between communist-led revolutionaries seeking to reunify a divided Vietnam and the anticommunist Vietnamese who opposed them turned what might have been a mostly Vietnamese conflict into one of major global significance.

From Slate

“This could reopen a lot of deep wounds within our anticommunist community,” says Quan Nguyen, whose father was an army physician.

From Los Angeles Times

The city’s third and final socialist mayor, Frank Zeidler, left office in 1960 after serving three terms that overlapped with Wisconsin Sen. Joseph McCarthy’s notorious anticommunist campaign.

From Seattle Times

It’s beginning to fade into history, but the John Birch Society was once the most formidable anticommunist organization of the Cold War era.

From Los Angeles Times