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

At 86, Tito still rules The opening date had been chosen with care: exactly 30 years after fiercely independent Yugoslavia was expelled from Joseph Stalin's Cominform for what became known as "Titoism."

From Time Magazine Archive

Yugoslavia's Josip Broz Tito hurled the first challenge to East bloc unity; his country was ceremoniously expelled in 1948 from the Cominform, the Moscow-dominated alliance of Communist states, for pursuing an independent foreign policy.

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

Yugoslav influence began with the founding in 1941 of the Albanian Communist Party, in which some Yugoslav nationals played leading roles, and lasted until Yugoslavia's expulsion from the Cominform in 1948.

From Area Handbook for Albania by Elpern, Sarah Jane