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communism

noun
🔊/ˈkɒmjənɪzəm/
🔊/ˈkɑːmjənɪzəm/
 [uncountable]
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  1. a political movement that believes in an economic system in which the state controls the means of producing everything for the people. It aims to create a society in which everyone is treated equally. 共产主义compare capitalism
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    Topics Politicsc1
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • international
    • Soviet
    verb + communism
    • embrace
    • defeat
    • fight
    • …
    preposition
    • under communism
    phrases
    • the collapse of communism
    • the fall of communism
    • the fight against communism
    • …
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  2. often Communism
     the system of government by a ruling Communist Party, such as in the former Soviet Union共产主义制度
    • a book describing life under Communism描写共产主义体制下生活的书籍
    Topics Politicsc1
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • international
    • Soviet
    verb + communism
    • embrace
    • defeat
    • fight
    • …
    preposition
    • under communism
    phrases
    • the collapse of communism
    • the fall of communism
    • the fight against communism
    • …
    See full entry
    3. Word Originmid 19th cent.: from French communisme, from commun, from Latin communis ‘common’.