communistic

English

Etymology

From communist +‎ -ic.

Adjective

communistic (comparative more communistic, superlative most communistic)

1. Characteristic of communism.
   • 1938, Norman Lindsay, Age of Consent, 1st Australian edition, Sydney, N.S.W.: Ure Smith, published 1962, →OCLC, page 154:

     Anger at the system turned to anger against art. Damn that foolery too, which took, but never gave. A promise of achievement always withdrawn; an assurance of dignity and ease for ever vanishing over the skyline. The virus of communistic nihilism simmered within him, wishing to submerge all effort in an easily filled belly.

2. (zoology) Living or having their nests in common.

   communistic birds

Derived terms

• anticommunistic
• communistically
• Eurocommunistic
• noncommunistic
• uncommunistic

 

Translations

characteristic of communism

• Catalan: comunista (ca) m or f
• Esperanto: komunisma
• Finnish: kommunistinen (fi)
• Galician: comunista (gl) m or f
• German: kommunistisch (de)
• Portuguese: comunista (pt) m or f
• Spanish: comunista (es)
• Volapük: kobädimik (vo)