non-Communist
Americanadjective
noun
Etymology
Origin of non-Communist
First recorded in 1915–20
Example Sentences
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The fourth spot usually goes to the head of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference, the advisory group to the NPC that also oversees non-Communist groupings, religious organizations and minority groups.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 22, 2022
As the historian Landon Storrs has shown, social democrats and other non-Communist leftists in the federal bureaucracy—especially women—had their careers destroyed.
From Slate ● Nov. 19, 2021
In 1954, after Vietnam gained independence through a guerrilla war waged against the French, the country was divided into the Communist North and the non-Communist South.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 6, 2016
Professor Aaron refused to be pigeonholed politically, characterizing himself as “an irregular in the ranks of the non-Communist left.”
From New York Times ● May 3, 2016
The Christian Democratic Union, a non-Communist party pushing for reunification with West Germany, emerged victorious.
From "Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia" by Marc Favreau
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