adjective/noun · formal
communist
UK/ˈkɒm.jʊ.nɪst/US/ˈkɑːm.jə.nɪst/COM·mu·nist
a person who supports or believes in communism; or relating to communism
Examples
“Many intellectuals debated whether to be communist or to support reform.”
“The communist party ruled the country for decades.”
“He declared himself a communist in his youth.”
Band 8 sentence
“During the Cold War, intellectual and political debates often turned on whether one should be communist or support a mixed economy.”
Collocations
- Communist Party
- communist regime
Word family
Common mistakes
He is communist.→He is a communist.
the communist party (no capitalization)→the Communist Party
Say it for a higher band
5left-wing→6socialist→7+communist
Synonyms
Marxist
Easily confused
socialist
“Many countries experimented with socialist policies after the war.”
Marxist
“Marxist theory shaped 20th-century political debates.”
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