communist

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  1. One who advocates and practises the doctrines of communism. All communists without exception propose that the people as a whole, or some particular division of the people, as a village, or commune, should own all the means of production—land, houses, factories, railroads, canals, etc.; that production should be carried on in common: and that officers, selected in one way or another, should distribute among the inhabitants the fruits of their labor. R. T. Ely. French and German Socialism, p. 35. Discordant theories range from the doctrines of the communist, who would overturn our social structures, to those of the timid, half-hearted believers in our government, who wish to go back to restraints and powers exerted by the monarchs of Europe. N. A. Rev., CXXVII. 360.
  2. An advocate of communalism; a member of a commune; a communalist.
  3. Bible Communist. See Perfectionist.

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  • Vance-Cuba is not "communist" - I didnt say that the UK was "communist" - I said that the party is allowed to exist there-you know "friidom". —  Truthdig: Drilling Beneath the Headlines
  • The Obama administration intends to allow Americans to visit relatives in Cuba and send money back to their families on the communist island nation, senior U.S. officials said Saturday. —  JammieWearingFool
  • (WASHINGTON) - The Obama administration intends to allow Americans to visit relatives in Cuba and send money back to their families on the communist island nation, senior U.S. —  TIME.com: Top Stories
  • WASHINGTON | The Obama administration intends to allow Americans to visit relatives in Cuba and send money back to their families in the communist island nation, senior U.S. officials said Saturday.
  • MEXICO CITY (Bloomberg) -- Cuba would welcome U.S. companies 'help developing its oil industry should the 47-year trade embargo on the communist island come to an end, said Manuel Marrero Faz, senior oil adviser at the Ministry of Basic Industries.
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  1. = Dutch communist = G. Danish kommunist, from French communiste (= Spanish comunista = Portuguese communista), from commun, common, + -iste: see common, commune, n., and -ist.
 

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