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

Derived Forms

• Cominformist
  noun

Etymology

Origin of Cominform

Com(munist) Inform(ation Bureau)

Example Sentences

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

Tito was obviously determined not to be lured back into a new Cominform like the one that expelled him in 1948, calling him Fascist, jackal and traitor.

From Time Magazine Archive

A year later, the satraps of the Soviet empire held a secret Cominform organization meeting in a sanatorium near Wroclaw, Poland.

From Time Magazine Archive

"I could not bear the thought that he, an Italian, attended meetings of the Cominform," explained Pallante later.

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 Elpern, Sarah Jane