adjective/noun · formal

communist

UK/ˈkɒm.jʊ.nɪst/US/ˈkɑːm.jə.nɪst/COM·mu·nist

Band 6-7task2speaking

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

communist noun/adjectivecommunism nouncommunal adjective

Common mistakes

He is communist.He is a communist.

the communist party (no capitalization)the Communist Party

Say it for a higher band

5left-wing6socialist7+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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