people's commune

American  

noun

1. a usually rural, Communist Chinese social and administrative unit of from 2000 to 4000 families combined for collective farming, fishing, mining, or industrial projects.

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Etymology

Origin of people's commune

First recorded in 1970–75

Example Sentences

During the affecting Act II scene in which Pat Nixon is guided by Chinese escorts and journalists to a glass factory, a people’s commune and a health clinic, she is finally taken to a school.

From New York Times • Feb. 3, 2011

One of the chief causes of these "temporary difficulties," conceded Li, was the upheaval created by "such a great social change as the people's commune movement."

From Time Magazine Archive

Red China's first "people's commune," a single unit of 9,300 peasant families organized along military lines, was set up in Honan province six months ago without fanfare.

From Time Magazine Archive