communist
noun
a member of the Communist Party or movement.
communists
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pluralof communist.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Wax figures of scrappy, earnest young communists gesticulate during a 1921 meeting frozen in time, debating how best to bring Marxism to China.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 17, 2026
But in West Bengal and Tripura - once the great bastions of Left power - the communists have been reduced to a shadow of their former self.
From BBC ● May 26, 2026
COINTELPRO, or the Counter Intelligence Program, targeted all the usual suspects — communists, socialists, civil rights organizations and yes, the left, with a particular focus on protest organizers.
From Salon ● Mar. 12, 2026
Brown and black coal mining employed about 100,000 people in the 1980s, when the former Czechoslovakia was ruled by Moscow-steered communists promoting heavy industry.
From Barron's ● Jan. 29, 2026
“These communists, what is it that they believe?”
From "A Thousand Splendid Suns" by Khaled Hosseini
