Kropotkinist

(anarchism, communism) An adherent of Peter Kropotkin's anarchist-communism; an anarcho-communist.


communist

communists (plural)
Communist (alternative)

From French communiste, from commun (“common, communal”) + -iste (“-ist”). By surface analysis, commune + -ist.

anarcho-communist

anarchist communist, communist anarchist, free communist, libertarian communist

(communism) An advocate of a society based on the common ownership of property; a proponent of communism.

kommunis

person who follows a communist philosophy


politburo

politburos (plural)
Politburo (alternative)
politbureau (alternative)
Politbureau (alternative)

/ˈpɒlɪtˌbjʊəɹəʊ/

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Communist Party of the Soviet Union
Joseph Stalin

Borrowed from Russian Политбюро́ (Politbjuró, “politburo of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union”), a contraction of полити́ческое бюро́ (politíčeskoje bjuró, “political bureau”).

bor

(communism, Marxism) The governing council and chief policymaking body of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union and other Marxist-Leninist political systems.

քաղբյուրո

governing council and chief policymaking body of a Marxist-Leninist political system


comrade

From late Middle English comered, from Middle French camarade, from Spanish camarada or Italian camerata (“chamber mate”), from Medieval Latin *camarata, from Latin camara, camera (“vaulted room, chamber”); see chamber. Compare camaraderie.

Hello, comrade. Are you going to the Communist Party meeting tonight?

(communism, by extension) A fellow socialist, communist or other similarly politically aligned person.

Comrade Lenin inspired our people to undertake great works.

(communism) A non-hierarchical title, functionally similar to "Mr.", "Mrs.", "Miss", "Ms." etc, in a communist, socialist, or rarely in an Islamist state.


redskin

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The Red & Anarchist Skinheads, a left‐wing splinter of the SHARP group, formed in 1993. It grew out of influences from the redskin culture in England.

(anarchism, communism) An anticapitalist skinhead.


pioneer

/ˌpaɪ.əˈnɪɹ/

From Middle French pionnier (“originally, a foot soldier”), Old French peonier, from peon (“a foot soldier”) (modern French: pion). See pawn (in chess).

uder

(communism) A member of a children’s organization operated by the Communist Party, typically in the second of three stages toward becoming a member of the Party itself.

pionier

member of a child organization in the Soviet bloc


militant

From Middle French militant, from Latin mīlitāns, present participle of mīlitāre (“to serve as a soldier”).

(specifically, communism) someone who supports the Trotskyist political view expressed in the newspaper Militant.

троцкист

one who supports a Trotskyite political view


self-criticism

en-noun

self-criticism (usually uncountable, plural self-criticisms)

[ˌsɛlfˈkɹɪɾəˌsɪzəm]

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to commit self-criticism

... commit self - criticism and allow other people to criticize him . If we do all these things , then there is hope and there is a future for Marxism . The most important thing is consistency . If you make a promise you must keep it[…]

1991, Edward A. Gargan, China's Fate: A People's Turbulent Struggle with Reform and Repression, 1980-1990, Doubleday Books:

This is starting to resemble (in a much lower-stakes field, it cannot be said often enough) some Union of Soviet Cinematographers self-criticism sessions for artists whose work was considered “bourgeois formalism” or whatever made Stalin’s colon clench that week.

2003 August 16, vjmorton, “Not-so-brave heart”, in Rightwing Film Geek:

(communism, Juche) A practice of confessing and criticizing one's real or imagined transgressions in public settings, especially in East Asia.


Marxism-Leninism

Meanwhile, “Mao Zedong Thought”, which originated in the 1930s, continues rhetorically to be recognised as one of the party’s guiding principles, an extension of Marxism-Leninism tweaked for China.

2012 November 6, John Ruwitch, Benjamin Kang Lim, Ben Blanchard, Adam Jourdan, “As China enters new era, how much of Mao will stay?”, in Raju Gopalakrishnan, editor, Reuters, archived from the original on 2023-07-18, World News:

People's Republic of China
People's Republic of China

(politics, communism) A communist ideological stream that emerged as the mainstream tendency amongst the Communist parties in the 1920s as it was adopted as the ideological foundation of the Communist International during Stalin's era, and was later adopted by the People's Republic of China, Cuba, Vietnam, and several other nations.

マルクス・レーニン主義

マルクス・レーニンしゅぎ


ouvrierism

(communism) The glorification of manual laborers, often in opposition to the leadership of labor or socialist movements.

ouvrierisme

(communism) the glorification of manual laborers


ouvrierist

(communism) Of, pertaining to, or supporting ouvrierism, the glorification of manual laborers.


antipeople

en-adj

antipeople (comparative more antipeople, superlative most antipeople)

more antipeople (comparative)
most antipeople (superlative)

"They said that I had contacted foreign media and called me anti-China, antipeople and antiparty."

2009 January 9, Edward Wong, “Police in China Halt Parents Seeking Investigation Into School Collapses”, in New York Times:

(communism) Opposed to the interests of the people


maximalist

maximalist (comparative more maximalist, superlative most maximalist)

more maximalist (comparative)
most maximalist (superlative)
Maximalist (alternative)

From maximal + -ist, by analogy with minimalist.

His inclusion in the official delegation to Moscow caused surprise today and was seen as indicative of the Italian Communists' aversion to Maximalist currents in international communism.

1961 October 4, Paul Hofmann, “Communists in West Expected to Back Khrushchev Against Soviet and Chinese Left-Wing Extremists”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:

(historical, communism) Relating to far-left communism.


maximalist

maximalists (plural)
Maximalist (alternative)

After a firm opening and an hour of fairly well sustained strength the stock market once more suffered a wide break yesterday following the receipt of the news of the overthrow of Kerensky and the announced intention of the Maximalists to propose an immediate peace with Germany.

1917 November 9, “Russian News Brings About Another Collapse—Evidenceof Banking Support”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:

Mr. Bernstein, who spent three months in Petrograd after the Revolution and had seen the Maximalists at work, said their aim was to bring about utter destruction not only of the freedom of the Jews, but also the freedom of all Russia.

1917 November 19, “Jews Against Bolsheviki”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:

(historical, communism, obsolete, capitalized) A Bolshevik.


politruk

Borrowed from Russian политру́к (politrúk).

bor+

(communism, military) A supervisory political officer responsible for ideological education and organization; political commissar


libertarian communism

(anarchism, communism) Synonym of anarcho-communism.


red scarf

en-noun

red scarf (plural red scarves or red scarfs)

red scarves (plural)
red scarfs (plural)

(communism) A neckerchief worn by a young pioneer, typically red in color.


young pioneer

(communism) A child who is a junior member of a Communist party, or similar movement.


neo-Trotskyist

en-adj

neo-Trotskyist (comparative more neo-Trotskyist, superlative most neo-Trotskyist)

more neo-Trotskyist (comparative)
most neo-Trotskyist (superlative)

(communism) Of or pertaining to neo-Trotskyism.


neo-Trotskyist

(communism) A proponent of neo-Trotskyism.


Makhnovism

(anarchism, communism) The theory and strategy of Nestor Makhno, Ukrainian anarchist revolutionary.


neo-Leninism

(communism) Leninist theory updated for the contemporary era.


international socialist

en-noun

international socialist (plural international socialists)

international socialists (plural)
International Socialist (alternative)

(communism) A member of any of various Trotskyist tendencies that hope to form bonds between workers of different countries


neo-Trotskyism

(communism) Trotskyist theory updated for the contemporary era.


permanent revolution

permanent revolution (countable and uncountable, plural permanent revolutions)

(communism) The theory that socialism can be obtained without the country first experiencing a period of capitalism. The revolution must furthermore become an agent for other anticapitalist revolutions around the globe, in part to secure the revolution abroad.


pioneer scarf

pioneer scarf (plural pioneer scarves or pioneer scarfs)

pioneer scarves (plural)
pioneer scarfs (plural)


pan-socialist

en-adj

pan-socialist (comparative more pan-socialist, superlative most pan-socialist)

more pan-socialist (comparative)
most pan-socialist (superlative)
pansocialist (alternative)

(anarchism, communism) Encompassing all socialist tendencies.


stagism

(communism) The theory that society ought to pass gradually in order to arrive at communism: first through capitalism, then through socialism (the worker’s state).


libertarian Marxist

libertarian Marxist (comparative more libertarian Marxist, superlative most libertarian Marxist)

more libertarian Marxist (comparative)
most libertarian Marxist (superlative)

(communism) Of or pertaining to libertarian Marxism.


libertarian Marxist

en-noun

libertarian Marxist (plural libertarian Marxists)

(communism) One who subscribes to libertarian Marxism.


permanent revolutionary

permanent revolution
permanent revolution

(communism) Of or pertaining to permanent revolution.


permanent revolutionary

permanent revolutionary (plural permanent revolutionaries)


Mao-Spontex

democratic centralism
democratic centralism

revolutionary spontaneity
revolutionary spontaneity

(communism) A neo-Leninist, Maoist, and libertarian theory and political movement in Western Europe from 1960 to 1970 advocating for democratic centralism and revolutionary spontaneity from the lower classes.


Third Period

(communism, history) According to an obsolete theory, a period shortly after the Great Depression in which capitalism would be marked by further crises and then soon collapse.


permanent revolutionist

permanent revolutionist (plural permanent revolutionists)

permanent revolutionary
permanent revolutionary#English

(communism, rare) Synonym of permanent revolutionary.


Makhnovshchina

From Russian махно́вщина (maxnóvščina) or Ukrainian махно́вщина (maxnóvščyna). Both mean "the thing relating to Makhno", and are equivalent to Махно (Maxno) + -ов (-ov) + -ский (-skij) + -ина (-ina).

(anarchism, communism) Synonym of Makhnovism.


people's warrior

people's warrior (plural people's warriors)


neo-Bolshevism

neo-bolshevism (alternative)
neobolshevism (alternative)


Marxist-Leninism

Marxist-Leninism (usually uncountable, plural Marxist-Leninisms)

(communism) Synonym of Marxism-Leninism.


stagist

(communism) Of or pertaining to stagism.


Marxism-Leninism-Maoism

(politics, communism) A communist ideological stream which seeks to synthesize Marxism-Leninism and Maoism and which proponents believe is the highest stage of Marxism. It was systematized by the Communist Party of Peru (Shining Path) and developed by the Revolutionary Internationalist Movement and its adherent parties.


mutual aid

From mutual + aid. Popularised by the anarcho-communist philosopher, Peter Kropotkin.

(anarchism, communism, philosophy, by extension) A voluntary reciprocal exchange of resources and services for mutual benefit.


withering away of the state

withering away of the state (uncountable)

Coined by Friedrich Engels in 1878 for his work, "Anti-Dühring", from Calque of German der Staat wird nicht „abgeschafft“, er stirbt ab (“the state is not "abolished", it atrophies”)

cal

(politics, Marxism, communism) The proposed situation where, in a classless society, people govern themselves as a commune without needing a government or law enforcement.


patsoc

(communism, Internet slang) A supporter of socialist patriotism.

(communism, Internet slang, derogatory) A Marxist-Leninist who supports chauvinist positions.


patsoc

(communism, Internet slang) Supporting socialist patriotism.

(communism, Internet slang, derogatory) Supporting Marxism-Leninism but also chauvinist positions


political commissar

en-noun

political commissar (plural political commissars)

(communism, military) A supervisory political officer responsible for ideological education and organization.


Tsedenbalism

Borrowed from Mongolian цэдэнбализм (cedenbalizm). By surface analysis, Tsedenbal + -ism.

bor+

(communism, historical) The communist ideology espoused by former Mongolian leader Yumjaagiin Tsedenbal.


central committee

en-noun

central committee (plural central committees)

central committees (plural)
Central Committee (alternative)

The four-day, closed-door meeting of the ruling Chinese Communist party (CCP) central committee, known as the sixth plenum, is expected to produce a resolution on the history of the party, which analysts say will shape domestic politics and society for decades to come.

2021 November 8, Vincent Ni, Helen Davidson, “Summit of political elite opens in China as Xi eyes extraordinary third term”, in The Guardian:

(communism) A standing administrative body of communist parties, analogous to a board of directors, of both ruling and nonruling parties of former and existing socialist states.


para-communism

From para- (prefix meaning ‘alongside, beside’) + communism.

prefix

In a later section we must examine communism as a world force, but here it is to be observed that just as Chinese democracy is not the same thing as Western democracy but a para-democracy, so Chinese communism is not by any means the Russian article, but a para-communism.

1939, H. G. Wells, “The Chinese Outlook”, in The Fate of Man (Essay Index Reprint Series), Freeport, NY: Books for Libraries Press, published 1970, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 182:

It was Chiang who, on the advice of Borodin and his numerous Russian assistants, gave the Kuomintang (National People's Party) a definite Communist tinge and an organization akin to that of the Soviet Communist Party and the party cells. Kuomintang was consequently described by some observers as a kind of para-communism.

1968, W. Petro, Triple Commission, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 96:

Indeed, at the heart of the allergy of communism and para-communism to the environmental cause is the Marxist heritage which, in this area, was carefully preserved by Lenin and his successors.

2022, Philippe Buton, “The French Left and the Politicization of Environmental Issues”, in European History Quarterly, volume 52, number 3, →DOI, →ISSN, →OCLC:

(communism) An ideology or organization bearing similarities with communism.


red wedding

The first sense derives from red as an adjective meaning associated with or supportive of communism. The second sense derives from The Red Wedding scene in A Storm of Swords by George R. R. Martin.

As the church sought to make these events significant with its ceremonies, so did the Communists with their “Red weddings,” “Red funerals” and “Red christenings.”

1942 October, Albert Rhys Williams, “Religion in the USSR”, in Soviet Russia Today, page 15:

They celebrated “red weddings” at factories, bride and groom standing before a piece of machinery and pledging their loyalty first to the communist state, then to each other.

1994, Woodford McClellan, Russia: The Soviet Period and After, page 77:

Soon "Red weddings" replaced church weddings for dedicated Communists.

1998, Ronald Grigor Suny, The Soviet Experiment: Russia, the USSR, and the Successor States, page 186:

(dated, communism) A wedding ceremony in the Soviet Union in which the couple pledged loyalty to the state or communism in addition to reciting marriage vows.


Tsedenbalist

(communism, historical) A supporter of Tsedenbalism.


Free Soviets

(history, anarchism, communism) An anarchist territory in southern Ukraine during the Russian Civil War


hamsick

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(communism, Internet slang, derogatory, neologism) A communist, or a supporter of communism.

(communism, Internet slang, derogatory, neologism, by extension) A supporter of far-left views or the Soviet Union.


workers' paradise

en-noun

workers' paradise (plural workers' paradises)

(communism) A society where all individuals would have their needs provided for by the government.


workers' salute

workers' salute (plural workers' salutes)

(labour, communism, socialism) A type of raised fist salute associated with the labor movement.


redfash

From red (“communist”) + fash (“fascist”).

redfash and tankie-kind are fascinating because theyll be so incredibly authoritarian as to reject autonomy in any way, theyll buy into reactionary black and white thinking, idolize regimes without worker ownership and fervent nationalism; and then they call anarchists fascists.

redfash seem out to prove horseshoe theory is a thing

2022 September 26, u/Tuggerfub, Reddit, r/tankiejerk:

(informal, derogatory, politics, communism, fascism) Someone who combines communism and fascism.