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{{also|Communist}}
==English==

===Alternative forms===
* {{l|en|Communist}}

===Etymology===
From {{uder|en|fr|communiste}}, from {{m|fr|commun||[[common]], [[communal]]}} + {{m|fr|-iste||[[-ist]]}}. {{surf|en|commune|-ist}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|en|/ˈkɒm.jʊ.nɪst/|a=UK}}
** {{audio|en|En-gb-communist.oga|a=UK}}
* {{IPA|en|/ˈkɑ.mjə.nɪst/|/ˈkɑ.mju.nɪst/|a=US}}
** {{audio|en|LL-Q1860 (eng)-Simplificationalizer-communist.wav|a=New Jersey}}
* {{IPA|en|/komˈmju.nɪst/|a=Philippines}}
* {{hyphenation|en|com|mu|nist}}

===Adjective===
{{en-adj}}

# Of, relating to, supporting, or advocating [[communism]].

====Derived terms====
{{col3|en
|Communist
|Communist China
|communist party
|Communist Party
|{{l|en|anarcho-communist}} ({{l|en|anarchist communist}}, {{l|en|communist anarchist}}, {{l|en|free communist}}, {{l|en|libertarian communist}})
|{{l|en|anticommunist}} ({{l|en|anti-communist}})
|{{l|en|Serbo-Communist}} ({{l|en|Serbo-communist}})
|communist anarchism
|communist bandit|noncommunist|postcommunist
}}

====Translations====
{{trans-top|of or relating to communism}}
* Arabic: {{t|ar|شُيُوعِيّ|m}}, {{t|ar|شُيُوعِيَّة|f}}
* Armenian: {{t+|hy|կոմունիստական}}
* Azerbaijani: {{t|az|kommunist}}
* Belarusian: {{t|be|камуністы́чны}}
* Bengali: {{t-needed|bn}}
* Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|комунисти́чески}}
* Burmese: {{t+|my|ကွန်မြူနစ်}}
* Catalan: {{t+|ca|comunista|m|f}}
* Chinese:
*: Mandarin: {{t+|cmn|共產主義|tr=gòngchǎnzhǔyì}}
* Crimean Tatar: {{t|crh|kommunist}}
* Czech: {{t+|cs|komunistický}}
* Danish: {{t|da|kommunistisk}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|communistisch}}
* Esperanto: {{t|eo|komunisma}}
* Estonian: {{t|et|kommunistlik}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|kommunistinen}}
* French: {{t+|fr|communiste}}
* Galician: {{t+|gl|comunista|m|f}}
* Georgian: {{t|ka|კომუნისტური}}
* German: {{t+|de|kommunistisch}}
* Greek: {{t+|el|κομμουνιστικός|m}}
* Hindi: {{t+|hi|साम्यवादी}}
* Hungarian: {{t+|hu|kommunista}}
* Icelandic: {{t|is|kommúnistískur}}, {{t|is|kommúnisti|alt=kommúnista-}}
* Ingrian: {{t|izh|kommunisticeskoi}}
* Irish: {{t|ga|cumannach}}
* Italian: {{t+|it|comunista|m|f}}
* Japanese: {{gloss|person}} {{t|ja|[[共産主義者]]の|tr=きょうさんしゅぎしゃの, kyōsanshugisha no}}, {{gloss|concept}} {{t|ja|[[共産主義]]の|tr=きょうさんしゅぎの, kyōsanshugi no}}
* Kazakh: {{t+|kk|коммунистік}}
* Khmer: {{t|km|កុម្មុយនិស្ត}}
* Korean: {{t|ko|[[공산주의(共産主義)]]-의}}
* Kurdish:
*: Central Kurdish: {{t|ckb|کۆمۆنیستی}}
* Kyrgyz: {{t|ky|коммунисттик}}
* Lao: {{t|lo|ກອມມູນິດ}}
* Latvian: {{t|lv|komunistisks}}
* Lithuanian: {{t|lt|komunistinis|m}}, {{t|lt|komunistinė|f}}
* Luxembourgish: {{t|lb|kommunistesch}}
* Macedonian: {{t|mk|комунистички}}
* Malayalam: {{t-needed|ml}}
* Maori: {{t|mi|whiwhingatahi}}, {{t|mi|angatōpū}}
* Marathi: {{t|mr|साम्यवादी}}
* Mongolian: {{t-needed|mn}}
* Norman: {{t|nrf|commeuniste}}
* Norwegian:
*: Bokmål: {{t+|nb|kommunistisk}}
*: Nynorsk: {{t|nn|kommunistisk}}
* Pashto: {{t|ps|کمونيستي|tr=komunisti}}
* Persian: {{t+|fa|کمونیست|tr=komonist}}
* Polish: {{t+|pl|komunistyczny}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|comunista|m|f}}
* Romanian: {{t+|ro|comunist}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|коммунисти́ческий}}
* Scottish Gaelic: {{t|gd|co-mhaoineach}}, {{t|gd|comannach}}
* Serbo-Croatian:
*: Cyrillic: {{t|sh|комунистички}}
*: Roman: {{t+|sh|komunistički}}
* Slovak: {{t|sk|komunistický}}
* Slovene: {{t|sl|komunističen}}
* Spanish: {{t+|es|comunista}}
* Swahili: {{t+|sw|ukomunisti}}
* Swedish: {{t+|sv|kommunistisk|c}}, {{t+|sv|kommunistiskt|n}}
* Tajik: {{t+|tg|коммунистӣ}}
* Telugu: {{t-needed|te}}
* Thai: {{t+|th|คอมมิวนิสต์}}
* Turkish: {{t+|tr|komünist}}
* Ukrainian: {{t|uk|комуністи́чний|m}}
* Urdu: {{t-needed|ur}}
* Uyghur: {{t|ug|كوممۇنىستىك}}
* Uzbek: {{t+|uz|kommunistik}}
* Vietnamese: {{t+|vi|cộng sản}} ({{t|vi|共產}})
* Volapük: {{t+|vo|kobädimik}}
* Welsh: {{t|cy|comiwnyddol}}
* Yiddish: {{t|yi|קאָמוניסטיש}}
* Zhuang: {{t|za|gungcanj}}
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===Noun===
{{en-noun}}

# {{senseid|en|Q28528560}}{{lb|en|communism}} An advocate of a society based on the common ownership of property; a proponent of [[communism]].
# {{lb|en|nonstandard}} Any [[revolutionary]] or [[subversive]] [[radical]].

====Synonyms====
* {{l|en|red}}, {{l|en|pink}}, {{l|en|pinko}}, {{l|en|commie}} {{q|informal}}; {{l|en|commo}} {{q|Australia, informal}}; {{l|en|communazi}}, {{l|en|pinkoid}} {{q|derogatory}}

====Derived terms====
{{col-auto|en|Chicom|communistic|communistical|cryptocommunist|Eurocommunist|femmunist|infocommunist|Islamocommunist|Obamunist|precommunist|procommunist|uncommunist|{{l|en|anarcho-communist}} ({{l|en|anarchist communist}}, {{l|en|communist anarchist}}, {{l|en|free communist}}, {{l|en|libertarian communist}})
|{{l|en|anticommunist}} ({{l|en|anti-communist}})
|{{l|en|Serbo-Communist}} ({{l|en|Serbo-communist}})
}}

====Translations====
{{trans-top|person who follows a communist philosophy}}
* Afrikaans: {{t|af|kommunis}}
* Albanian: {{t+|sq|komunist|m}}, {{t+|sq|komuniste|f}}
* Arabic: {{t|ar|شُيُوعِيّ|m}}, {{t|ar|شُيُوعِيَّة|f}}
* Armenian: {{t+|hy|կոմունիստ}}
* Azerbaijani: {{t|az|kommunist}}
* Belarusian: {{t|be|камуні́ст|m}}, {{t|be|камуні́стка|f}}
* Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|комуни́ст|m}}, {{t|bg|комуни́стка|f}}, {{t+|bg|комуни́сти|p}}
* Burmese: {{t|my|ကွန်မြူနစ်ဝါဒီ}}, {{t+|my|ကွန်မြူနစ်}}
* Catalan: {{t+|ca|comunista|m|f}}
* Chinese:
*: Mandarin: {{t+|cmn|共產主義者|tr=gòngchǎnzhǔyìzhě}}
* Czech: {{t+|cs|komunista|m}}, {{t+|cs|komunistka|m}}
* Danish: {{t|da|kommunist|c}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|communist|m}}, {{t|nl|communiste|f}}
* Esperanto: {{t|eo|komunisto}}, {{t|eo|komunistino}} {{q|female}}
* Estonian: {{t+|et|kommunist}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|kommunisti}}
* French: {{t+|fr|communiste|m|f}}
* Galician: {{t+|gl|comunista|m|f}}
* Georgian: {{t|ka|კომუნისტი|sc=Geor}}
* German: {{t+|de|Kommunist|m}}, {{t+|de|Kommunistin|f}}
* Greek: {{t+|el|κομμουνιστής|m}}, {{t+|el|κομμουνίστρια|f}}
* Greenlandic: {{t|kl|kommunisti}}
* Hebrew: {{t|he|קומוניסט|m|tr=komuníst|alt=קומוניסט \ קוֹמוּנִיסְט}}, {{t|he|קומוניסטית|f|tr=komunistít|alt=קומוניסטית \ קוֹמוּנִיסְטִית}}
* Hindi: {{t+|hi|साम्यवादी|m}}, {{t+|hi|कम्युनिस्ट|m}}
* Hungarian: {{t+|hu|kommunista}}
* Icelandic: {{t|is|kommúnisti|m}}
* Ingrian: {{t|izh|kommunista}}
* Irish: {{t|ga|cumannach|m}}
* Italian: {{t+|it|comunista|m|f}}
* Japanese: {{t+|ja|共産主義者|tr=きょうさんしゅぎしゃ, kyōsanshugisha}}, {{t|ja|共産党員|tr=きょうさんとういん, kyōsantōin}}
* Kazakh: {{t|kk|коммунист}}
* Khmer: {{t|km|កុម្មុយនិស្ត}}
* Korean: {{t+|ko|공산주의자(共産主義者)}}, {{q|derogatory}} {{t+|ko|빨갱이}}
* Kurdish:
*: Central Kurdish: {{t|ckb|کۆمۆنیست}}
*: Northern Kurdish: {{t+|kmr|komunîst}}
* Kyrgyz: {{t|ky|коммунист}}
* Lao: {{t|lo|ກອມມູນິດ}}
* Latvian: {{t|lv|komunists|m}}, {{t|lv|komuniste|f}}
* Lithuanian: {{t|lt|komunistas|m}}, {{t|lt|komunistė|f}}
* Malay: {{t|ms|komunis}}
* Marathi: {{t|mr|साम्यवादी|m|f}}, {{t|mr|कम्युनिस्ट|m|f}}
* Mongolian:
*: Cyrillic: {{t+|mn|коммунист}}
* Norman: {{t|nrf|commeuniste|m|f}}
* Norwegian:
*: Bokmål: {{t+|nb|kommunist|m}}
*: Nynorsk: {{t|nn|kommunist|m}}
* Pashto: {{t|ps|کمونست|m|f|tr=komunist}}
* Persian: {{t+|fa|کمونیست|tr=komunist}}
* Polish: {{t+|pl|komunista|m}}, {{t+|pl|komunistka|f}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|comunista|c}}, {{t+|pt|marxista|c}}
* Romanian: {{t+|ro|comunist|m}}, {{t+|ro|comunistă|f}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|коммуни́ст|m}}, {{t+|ru|коммуни́стка|f}}
* Scottish Gaelic: {{t|gd|co-mhaoineach|m}}, {{t|gd|comannach|m}}
* Serbo-Croatian:
*: Cyrillic: {{t|sh|кому̀нист|m}}, {{t|sh|комуниста|m}}, {{t|sh|кому̀нистица|f}}, {{t|sh|кому̀нисткиња|f}}
*: Roman:  {{t+|sh|komùnist|m}}, {{t+|sh|komunista|m}}, {{t+|sh|komùnistica|f}}, {{t|sh|komùnistkinja|f}}
* Slovak: {{t|sk|komunista|m}}, {{t|sk|komunistka|f}}
* Slovene: {{t+|sl|komunist|m}}, {{t|sl|komunistka|f}}
* Spanish: {{t+|es|comunista|m|f}}
* Swahili: {{t|sw|mkomunisti}}
* Swedish: {{t+|sv|kommunist|c}}
* Tagalog: {{t|tl|kalama}}, {{t+|tl|komunista}}
* Tajik: {{t+|tg|коммунист}}
* Tatar: {{t|tt|коммунист}}
* Thai: {{t+|th|คอมมิวนิสต์}}
* Tibetan: {{t-needed|bo}}
* Turkish: {{t+|tr|komünist}}
* Turkmen: {{t|tk|kommunist}}
* Ukrainian: {{t|uk|комуні́ст|m}}, {{t|uk|комуні́стка|f}}
* Urdu: {{t|ur|کمیونسٹ|m|tr=kamyunisṭ}}
* Uyghur: {{t|ug|كوممۇنىست}}
* Uzbek: {{t+|uz|kommunist}}
* Vietnamese: {{t+|vi|cộng sản|alt=người cộng sản}}
* Volapük: {{t+|vo|kobädiman}}, {{t|vo|hikobädiman}} {{q|male}}, {{t|vo|jikobädiman}} {{q|female}}
* Welsh: {{t|cy|comiwnydd|m}}
* Yiddish: {{t|yi|קאָמוניסט|m}}, {{t|yi|קאָמוניסטקע|f}}
* Zhuang: {{t|za|gungcanjcujyicej}}
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{{trans-top|revolutionary or subversive radical}}
* Chinese:
*: Mandarin: {{t+|cmn|共產主義|alt=共產主義的|tr=gòngchǎnzhǔyì de}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|kommunisti}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|comuna|m|f}}, {{t+|pt|vermelho|m}}
* Scottish Gaelic: {{t|gd|co-mhaoineach|m}}, {{t|gd|comannach|m}}
* Swahili: {{t|sw|mpinduzi}}
{{trans-bottom}}

===Anagrams===
* {{anagrams|en|a=cimmnostu|uncommits}}

{{cln|en|hybridisms}}
{{C|en|People}}

==Dutch==

===Etymology===
From {{bor|nl|fr|communiste}} or {{bor|nl|de|Kommunist}}, itself from French.

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|nl|/ˌkɔ.myˈnɪst/}}
* {{audio|nl|Nl-communist.ogg}}
* {{hyphenation|nl|com|mu|nist}}
* {{rhymes|nl|ɪst|s=3}}

===Noun===
{{nl-noun|m|-en|+|f=communiste}}

# {{l|en|communist}} {{defdate|from ca. 1840}}

====Derived terms====
* {{l|nl|anarchocommunist}}
* {{l|nl|communistenvreter}}
* {{l|nl|communistisch}}
* {{l|nl|zolderkamercommunist}}

====Related terms====
* {{l|nl|communisme}}

====Descendants====
* {{desc|af|kommunis}}
* {{desc|id|bor=1|komunis}}

{{C|nl|Politics}}