communist:
(short form: ‘commie‘; plural: ‘communists‘; pronunciation: the letter ‘c’ is said with a ‘k’ sound as in “king” — for the right pronunciation of this word, please click here)
Communism and communist principles are the principles that all must be equal; trade and commerce, i.e. money, must be in the control of the workers; the land and property of the state must be shared equally by all the people of the land; and no one person or group must earn a lot of wealth.
a person who belongs to the Communist Party of his/her country;
a person who believes and supports the principles or ideologies (high level ideas) of communism,
communists in China
e.g.
Carlos is a staunch communist and works for the Communist Party without expecting anything in return.
It is suspected that there are communists in America, and they are persecuted by the capitalists.
There are different types of communists: communists that follow the teachings of Marx and communists that follow the teachings of Lenin, and those who follow both.
communists in Europe
Note: ‘Communist’ is also used as an adjective to refer to policies, principles and people that are related to communism, e.g. ‘communist countries’, ‘communist principles’, ‘communist literature’, ‘communist parties’, etc. “There used to be many communist countries in the past, but today there are only five countries that are under the influence of communism. They are: China, Cuba, Laos, North Korea and Vietnam. (The once mighty USSR, the Union of Soviet Socialist Russia, had been the strongest communist country and other communist countries, except China, were under its guidance; however, in 1991 the communist USSR collapsed and communism died where it was born!)
For an article on ‘liberal communist’, please click here, for an item of news on Nepali communists, please click here, and for an interesting article about communist North Korea, please click here. And for a news item about communists in Cuba, please click here.
