"communistic" meaning in English

See communistic in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Forms: more communistic [comparative], most communistic [superlative]
Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *mey- Proto-Indo-European *ḱom-moy-ni-s Proto-Italic *kommoinis Old Latin comoinis Latin commūnis Old French comun French commun Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -istabor. French -iste French communiste English communist Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English communistic From communist + -ic. 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  1. Characteristic of communism. Translations (characteristic of communism): comunista [feminine, masculine] (Catalan), komunisma (Esperanto), kommunistinen (Finnish), comunista [feminine, masculine] (Galician), kommunistisch (German), comunista [feminine, masculine] (Portuguese), comunista (Spanish), kobädimik (Volapük)
    Sense id: en-communistic-en-adj-qVjHtZ6P Disambiguation of 'characteristic of communism': 100 0
  2. (zoology) Living or having their nests in common.
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Derived forms: anticommunistic, communistically, Eurocommunistic, noncommunistic, uncommunistic

Alternative forms

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