Eurocommunism

American  

[yoor-uh-kom-yuh-niz-uhm, yur-] / ˌyʊər əˈkɒm yəˌnɪz əm, ˌyɜr- /

noun

1. a form of Communism that developed in some western European nations independently of the Soviet Union.

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Eurocommunism British  

/ ˌjʊərəʊˈkɒmjʊˌnɪzəm /

noun

1. the policies, doctrines, and practices of Communist Parties in Western Europe in the 1970s and 1980s, esp those rejecting democratic centralism and favouring nonalignment with the Soviet Union and China

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Other Word Forms

• Eurocommunist noun

Etymology

Origin of Eurocommunism

First recorded in 1970–75; Euro- + communism

Example Sentences

That kind of language, while several decibels below the threatening warnings of Henry Kissinger, nonetheless marked a new high point of concern by the Carter Administration on the subject of Eurocommunism.

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Marx would probably be somewhat distressed to know that Eurocommunism has waned largely because of its association with the world's first and largest Marxist state, the Soviet Union.

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The National Security Adviser said he had read Carrillo's book Eurocommunism and the State, but the Communist later scoffed: "He doesn't appear to have understood a word that was in it."

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The allies have also been heartened by Washington's pledge to bolster NATO's conventional forces, and they generally favor Carter's rather relaxed, flexible approach to Eurocommunism.

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A decade ago, Eurocommunism seemed an idea whose time had come.

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