communist
noun
com·mu·nist
ˈkäm-yə-nist 
-yü-
1
: an adherent or advocate of communism
2
capitalized
: communard
3
a
capitalized
: a member of a Communist party or movement
b
often capitalized
: an adherent or advocate of a Communist government, party, or movement
4
often capitalized
: one held to engage in left-wing, subversive, or revolutionary activities
communist
adjective
often capitalized
Examples of communist in a Sentence
communists were plotting an overthrow of the government
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Into the mural, Rivera, a communist, painted a portrait Russian revolutionary Vladimir Lenin.
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Chadd Scott, Forbes.com, 15 Apr. 2025
Trepper, a Polish-Jewish communist, ran a network of Soviet spies across Western Europe, named by the Germans as the Red Orchestra, from the mid-1930s until 1942, when he was captured by the Gestapo and then escaped.
—Leo Barraclough, Variety, 11 Apr. 2025
The idea of Barrett as a communist, or anything remotely close to it, is untethered from reality.
—Niall Stanage, The Hill, 9 Apr. 2025
First came Witness by the American journalist Whittaker Chambers, a former communist and Soviet spy who eventually broke with the party and became a political conservative.
—Michael Kimmage, Foreign Affairs, 25 Feb. 2025
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Chadd Scott, Forbes.com, 15 Apr. 2025
Trepper, a Polish-Jewish communist, ran a network of Soviet spies across Western Europe, named by the Germans as the Red Orchestra, from the mid-1930s until 1942, when he was captured by the Gestapo and then escaped.
—Leo Barraclough, Variety, 11 Apr. 2025
The idea of Barrett as a communist, or anything remotely close to it, is untethered from reality.
—Niall Stanage, The Hill, 9 Apr. 2025
First came Witness by the American journalist Whittaker Chambers, a former communist and Soviet spy who eventually broke with the party and became a political conservative.
—Michael Kimmage, Foreign Affairs, 25 Feb. 2025
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“Communist.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/communist. Accessed 22 Apr. 2025.
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communist
noun
com·mu·nist
ˈkäm-yə-nəst
1
: a person who believes in communism
2
capitalized
: a member or follower of a Communist party or movement
communist
adjective
often capitalized
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