anticommunism
See also: anti-communism
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anticommunism (usually uncountable, plural anticommunisms)
- Opposition to communism.
- 1978, Richard Nixon, RN: the Memoirs of Richard Nixon[1], Grosset & Dunlap, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 47:
- In the main, anticommunism in postwar America meant opposition to the kind of dictatorial state socialism that existed in Russia and that many Americans saw as a negation of everything America stood for. In the 1946 campaign, for example, when I talked about the "communist-dominated PAC," my remarks were generally understood in this context of dictatorial socialism versus free enterprise.
Usage notes edit
- Of the alternative forms, anticommunism is most common, followed by anti-communism and anti-Communism.[1] Merriam-Webster lists all three variants[2] and so does Cambridge.[3] Collins only lists anticommunism.[4]
Translations edit
against communism
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References edit
- ^ anti-communism, anticommunism,anti-Communism at Google Ngram Viewer
- ^ “anticommunism”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
- ^ “anticommunism”, in Cambridge English Dictionary, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: Cambridge University Press, 1999–present.
- ^ “anticommunism”, in Collins English Dictionary.
Further reading edit
- “anticommunism”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.