variants
or anti-Communist
or anticommunist
: opposed to Communism
anti-communist leaders
an anti-Communist ideology
anti-communist
noun
or anti-Communist
or anticommunist
… they expressed their feelings with a directness that few anti-Communists could rival.
—
Julius Gould
Julius Gould
anti-communism
noun
or anti-Communism
or anticommunism
Sometimes he is aroused to arms against those whose anti-Communism is merely less salient or monolithic than his own …
—Dennis H. Wrong
Dennis H. Wrong
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Hellman, who had been a member of the Communist Party and was called up in front of the House Un-American Activities Committee in 1952, and Reagan, an avid anti-Communist, couldn’t have had much use for each other politically.
—Classical Music Critic, Los Angeles Times, 3 Feb. 2026
The proceeds were then used to supply munitions to anti-Communist forces in Nicaragua.
—John C. Moritz, Austin American Statesman, 1 Feb. 2026
The severe inflation in the late 1940s that destroyed China’s anti-Communist middle class in urban areas helped enable Mao’s Communists to triumph in that country’s civil war.
—Steve Forbes, Forbes.com, 21 Jan. 2026
Another Polish leader at the time, Wladyslaw Gomulka, oversaw the persecution of the Catholic Church and anti-communist opposition.
—Rick Pearson, Chicago Tribune, 20 Jan. 2026
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Classical Music Critic, Los Angeles Times, 3 Feb. 2026
The proceeds were then used to supply munitions to anti-Communist forces in Nicaragua.
—John C. Moritz, Austin American Statesman, 1 Feb. 2026
The severe inflation in the late 1940s that destroyed China’s anti-Communist middle class in urban areas helped enable Mao’s Communists to triumph in that country’s civil war.
—Steve Forbes, Forbes.com, 21 Jan. 2026
Another Polish leader at the time, Wladyslaw Gomulka, oversaw the persecution of the Catholic Church and anti-communist opposition.
—Rick Pearson, Chicago Tribune, 20 Jan. 2026
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