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/kɔ.my.nist/

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Translation

communist

Word origin

Coined in French in the 1830s from commun ('common') plus the ending -iste. Commun goes back to Latin communis ('shared by all').

Origin
Latin
Root
communis
English cognates
communist, common, commune

Grammar

Masc pluralcommunistes

Examples

- .

His grandfather was a communist factory worker.

aux .

The communist party lost votes at the last election.

.

She spent her childhood in a communist country.

.

Communist ideas still appeal to a few young people.

quarante .

A communist regime ran the country for forty years.

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This word is part of lesson 59.