communismus

Latin

Etymology

Calque of French communisme (“communism”), from commūnis +‎ -ismus.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /kom.muːˈnis.mus/, [kɔmːuːˈnɪs̠mʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /kom.muˈnis.mus/, [komːuˈnizmus]

Noun

commūnismus m sg (genitive commūnismī); second declension

1. (New Latin) communism
   • 1949, Pope Pio XII, Decree against communism‎^[1], Associação Cultural Montfort:

     R. Negative: Communismum enim est materialisticus et antichristianus; communistarum autem duces, etsi verbis quandoque profitentur se religionem non oppugnare, se tamen, sive doctrina sive actione, Deo veraeque religioni et Ecclesia Christi sere infensos esse ostendunt.

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Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

	singular
nominative	commūnismus
genitive	commūnismī
dative	commūnismō
accusative	commūnismum
ablative	commūnismō
vocative	commūnisme