as in socialists
an adherent or advocate of an economic system in which the means of production are owned and controlled by the state
communists were plotting an overthrow of the government
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Recent Examples of communists
Players faced taunts and slurs, and were even accused of being communists.
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ABC News,
30 June 2026
These are not social Democrats, these are hard-core, godless communists.
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CBS News,
28 June 2026
He’s gone as far as to call them communists.
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NBC news,
28 June 2026
None of the three candidates, who are set to cruise to general election victories in November in their deep-blue districts, identify as communists.
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Joseph Konig,
PEOPLE,
26 June 2026
Accusing democratic socialists of really being communists.
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Chris Brennan,
USA Today,
25 June 2026
To be clear, there is a difference between democratic socialists and communists.
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Philip Elliott,
Time,
24 June 2026
What better way to distinguish God-fearing Americans from the godless communists of the Soviet Union than to put God on the money?
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David Williamson,
The Orlando Sentinel,
14 June 2026
In the years following, Beijing funded or armed fellow communists in Vietnam, North Korea, Burma, Malaysia, Thailand and Cambodia, causing panic in Washington and other Western capitals as the ideological struggles of the Cold War rippled across Asia.
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Dhruv Tikekar,
CNN Money,
30 May 2026
ABC News,
30 June 2026
These are not social Democrats, these are hard-core, godless communists.
—
CBS News,
28 June 2026
He’s gone as far as to call them communists.
—
NBC news,
28 June 2026
None of the three candidates, who are set to cruise to general election victories in November in their deep-blue districts, identify as communists.
—
Joseph Konig,
PEOPLE,
26 June 2026
Accusing democratic socialists of really being communists.
—
Chris Brennan,
USA Today,
25 June 2026
To be clear, there is a difference between democratic socialists and communists.
—
Philip Elliott,
Time,
24 June 2026
What better way to distinguish God-fearing Americans from the godless communists of the Soviet Union than to put God on the money?
—
David Williamson,
The Orlando Sentinel,
14 June 2026
In the years following, Beijing funded or armed fellow communists in Vietnam, North Korea, Burma, Malaysia, Thailand and Cambodia, causing panic in Washington and other Western capitals as the ideological struggles of the Cold War rippled across Asia.
—
Dhruv Tikekar,
CNN Money,
30 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for communists
socialists
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Kiros, who defeated DeGette, is now the face of democratic socialists in the state.
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Her outreach to Mamdani, one of the country’s highest-profile socialists and a rising star on the Left, is likely to fuel questions about how Harris is positioning herself within a Democratic Party increasingly influenced by progressive activists.
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“Communists.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/communists. Accessed 6 Jul. 2026.
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