communist
Collectivist ideology follower
A communist is someone who advocates for communism—a political and economic system where property and production are collectively owned rather than privately held.
The word ranges from precise ideological identification a committed communist who joined the Party to loose political accusation Republicans called the policy communist.
During the Cold War, communist often meant specifically Soviet-aligned.
Capitalized Communist typically refers to party membership or official state ideology: the Communist Party, Communist China.
Fellow member, shared cause
- party memberEnrolled political supporter
- BolshevikSoviet communist party member
- LeninistFollower of revolutionary communism
- StalinistAdhering to brutal Soviet doctrine
Maoist · Trotskyist · cadre · commissar · apparatchik · fellow traveler · red · card-carrying
Laborers lacking capital ownership
- bourgeoisieCapitalist ownership class
- class struggleConflict between economic groups
- means of productionTools and facilities for manufacturing
- Das KapitalFoundational socialist economic critique
Engels · alienation · surplus value · classless society · dictatorship of the proletariat · false consciousness
Soviet founding coup
- BolshevikSoviet communist party member
- uprisingOrganized resistance to power
- insurrectionViolent uprising against authority
- LeninSoviet state founder
vanguard · seizure of power · Red Army · revolutionary · guerrilla · Che Guevara · Mao · Castro
Primary color, warm
- hammer and sickleCommunist movement's insignia
- red starCool-burning celestial body
- red flagIndicator of danger
- clenched fistTightly closed hand
Internationale · red banner · May Day · scarlet · crimson
Political art for causes
- PravdaSoviet state newspaper
- slogansCatchy promotional catchphrases
- indoctrinationSystematic uncritical belief instillation
- postersPrinted wall advertisements
five-year plan · red banner · hammer and sickle · party line · reeducation · pioneer · mass mobilization · newspeak
Dictatorial, all-controlling regime
- dictatorshipUnchecked single-ruler government
- one-party stateSole legal ruling faction
- purgeEliminate unwanted elements
- secret policeClandestine state security apparatus
censorship · repression · surveillance · show trial · political prisoner · Iron Curtain · reeducation · forced labor
Soviet-led communist alliance
- world revolutionWorldwide systemic overthrow
- solidarityUnity among allies
- anti-imperialismOpposition to foreign domination
- non-alignedNot allied with any side
Equality principle supporter
- classlessWithout social divisions
- redistributionSharing out again differently
- collective ownershipJoint holding by many
- common propertyResource owned by all
comrade
Fellow member, shared cause
- party memberEnrolled political supporter
- BolshevikSoviet communist party member
- LeninistFollower of revolutionary communism
Stalinist · Maoist · Trotskyist · cadre · commissar · apparatchik · fellow traveler · red · card-carrying · ideologue
proletariat
Laborers lacking capital ownership
- bourgeoisieCapitalist ownership class
- class struggleConflict between economic groups
- means of productionTools and facilities for manufacturing
Das Kapital · Engels · alienation · surplus value · classless society · dictatorship of the proletariat · false consciousness
October Revolution
Soviet founding coup
- BolshevikSoviet communist party member
- uprisingOrganized resistance to power
- insurrectionViolent uprising against authority
Lenin · vanguard · seizure of power · Red Army · revolutionary · guerrilla · Che Guevara · Mao · Castro · armed struggle
red
Primary color, warm
- hammer and sickleCommunist movement's insignia
- red starCool-burning celestial body
- red flagIndicator of danger
clenched fist · Internationale · red banner · May Day · scarlet · crimson
agitprop
Political art for causes
- PravdaSoviet state newspaper
- slogansCatchy promotional catchphrases
- indoctrinationSystematic uncritical belief instillation
posters · five-year plan · red banner · hammer and sickle · party line · reeducation · pioneer · mass mobilization · newspeak · self-criticism
totalitarian
Dictatorial, all-controlling regime
- dictatorshipUnchecked single-ruler government
- one-party stateSole legal ruling faction
- purgeEliminate unwanted elements
secret police · censorship · repression · surveillance · show trial · political prisoner · Iron Curtain · reeducation · forced labor · personality cult
Comintern
Soviet-led communist alliance
- world revolutionWorldwide systemic overthrow
- solidarityUnity among allies
- anti-imperialismOpposition to foreign domination
egalitarian
Equality principle supporter
- classlessWithout social divisions
- redistributionSharing out again differently
- collective ownershipJoint holding by many
common property · shared wealth · cooperative · anti-capitalist
- political ideologiesconservatism, conservative, anarchism, liberalism, liberal
- leftismMarxism, socialism, leftist, socialist, anarchism
- Political Ideologistssocialist, anarchist, Marxist, leftist, capitalist
- politicalconservative, liberal, moderate, centrist, leftist
- political labelsliberal, conservative, leftist, rightist, moderate
- political typesconservative, liberal, moderate, leftist, rightist
communistcapitalist
Private ownership supporter
free-marketeer · privatizer · libertarian · neoliberal · entrepreneur
communistfascist
Authoritarian ultranationalist ideology adherent
right-winger · conservative · reactionary · ultra-nationalist · monarchist
- community chestShared local welfare fund
- community serviceUnpaid labor benefiting society
- Communist ChinaMarxist-Leninist Asian state
- community centerShared neighborhood gathering space
- community collegeTwo-year public institution
- community hallsShared local event spaces
community, communicate, communication, communism, communion, communists, communistic, anticommunist, anticommunism