"anticommunism" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /æntɪˈkɒmjʊnɪzəm/ [UK] Forms: anticommunisms [plural]
Etymology: anti- + communism Etymology templates: {{affix|en|anti-|communism}} anti- + communism Head templates: {{en-noun|-|s}} anticommunism (usually uncountable, plural anticommunisms)
  1. Opposition to communism. Tags: uncountable, usually Synonyms: anti-communism, anti-Communism Translations (against communism): հակակոմունիզմ (hakakomunizm) (Armenian), 反共 (fǎngòng) (Chinese Mandarin), antikomunismus [masculine] (Czech), antikomunismo (Esperanto), antikommunismi (Finnish), anticommunisme [masculine] (French), Antikommunismus [masculine] (German), antikommunizmus (Hungarian), 반공 (ban'gong) (alt: 反共) (Korean), antykomunizm [masculine] (Polish), anticomunismo [masculine] (Portuguese), антикоммуни́зм (antikommunízm) [masculine] (Russian), anticomunismo [masculine] (Spanish), labankalamaan (Tagalog)

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