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Etymology

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Borrowed from French communisme or German Kommunismus.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˌkɔ.myˈnɪs.mə/
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  • Hyphenation: com‧mu‧nis‧me
  • Rhymes: -ɪsmə

Noun

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communisme n (plural communismen, diminutive communismetje n)

  1. communism (collectivist socialism, ideology)
    Het communisme van het Sovjetblok verloor de Koude Oorlog tegen het Westers kapitalisme bij de val van de Muur.
    The Soviet block's Communism lost the Cold War against Western capitalism when the Wall came down.
  2. communism (classless and stateless international socialist order)
    Marx voorspelde dat het communisme het eindstadium van de ontwikkeling der wereldorde zou zijn.
    Marx predicted that communism would be the final stage of the development of the world order.
  3. (literally, rare) any collectivism
    Synonym: collectivisme
    Het communisme van Babeuf dateert van het Directoire, generaties voor Karl Marx' Manifest.
    Babeuf's communism dates from the Directoire, generations before Karl Marx's Manifesto.

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Descendants

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  • Afrikaans: kommunisme
  • Indonesian: komunisme

French

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Etymology

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From commun ((in) common)) +‎ -isme (-ism).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /kɔ.my.nism/ ~ /kɔ.my.nizm/
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communisme m (plural communismes)

  1. (literally) any collectivism
  2. (often) communism

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Occitan

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Noun

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communisme m (plural communismes)

  1. communism
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