Word of the Day – Communism

•  Noun:  Communism
  1. a theory advocating elimination of private property
  2. a system in which goods are owned in common and are available to all as needed
  3. a doctrine based on revolutionary Marxian socialism and Marxism-Leninism that was the official ideology of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
  4. a totalitarian system of government in which a single authoritarian party controls state-owned means of production
  5.  a final stage of society in Marxist theory in which the state has withered away and economic goods are distributed equitably
  6. communist systems collectively

•  Synonyms:
  1. commie
  2. comrade
  3. Red
  4. socialist
• Usage:

• “Publicity for an event sponsored by the Koch brothers-backed Americans for Prosperity served up a blunt Obama-is-a-communist message over the weekend, as Talking Points Memo reports..”

• Encountered:
  • Over and over that Obama is a communist

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