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- The ideology of political parties that use the term 'Communist' in their names, usually Marxist and Leninist.
- The socio-economic system based on such parties' ideologies.
- context|US|informal A state of affairs perceived as oppressive, overly arbitrary, or totalitarian.
#*1953 (pub. 1997), Eugen Rosenstock-Huessy ed., Hinge of Generations-1953 Transcripts 1
#*:...he shouldn't...just...[say]..."I -- I am responsible for prosperity,"...that's Communism, Sir, you see.
#*1992, Sylvia Whitman, V Is for Victory: The American Home Front During World War II 2
#*:Although her elder daughter, Jane, complains, �that's Communism,� Mrs. Hilton rents her own bedroom to a retired colonel.
#*1998, Joseph Martin Hernon, Profiles in Character: Hubris and Heroism in the U.S. Senate, 1789-1990 3
#*:...[he] condemned Thurmond's proposal for its �totalitarianism�: �That's Communism....That's China. That's not America.
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