anticommunism en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /æntɪˈkɒmjʊnɪzəm/ (UK)
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ent- Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₂énts Proto-Indo-European *-i Proto-Indo-European *h₂énti Ancient Greek ᾰ̓ντῐ́ (ăntĭ́) Ancient Greek ἀντι- (anti-)der. English anti- Proto-Indo-European *mey- Proto-Indo-European *ḱom-moy-ni-s Proto-Italic *kommoinis Old Latin comoinis Latin commūnis Old French comun French commun Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek -ῐσμός (-ĭsmós)bor. Latin -ismusbor. French -isme French communismebor. English communism English anticommunism From anti- + communism.
Meanings
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(uncountable, usually) Opposition to communism.
In the main, anticommunism in postwar America meant opposition to the kind of dictatorial state socialism that existed in Russia and that many Americans saw as a negation of everything America stood for. In the 1946 campaign, for example, when I talked about the "communist-dominated PAC," my remarks were generally understood in this context of dictatorial socialism versus free enterprise.
1978, Richard Nixon, RN: the Memoirs of Richard Nixon, Grosset & Dunlap, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 47:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| anticommunisms | Number=Plur | lexicographic | |
| anti-Communism | alternative | lexicographic | |
| anti-communism | alternative | lexicographic |
Translations (17)
pt anticomunismo (against communism) · eo antikomunismo (against communism) · fi antikommunismi (against communism) · el αντικομμουνισμός (against communism) · cmn 反共 (against communism) · hu antikommunizmus (against communism) · hy հակակոմունիզմ (against communism) · de Antikommunismus (against communism) · ko 반공 (against communism) · ru антикоммуни́зм (against communism) · tl labankalamaan (against communism) · pl antykomunizm (against communism) · id antikomunisme (against communism) · fr anticommunisme (against communism) · es anticomunismo (against communism) · sv antikommunism (against communism) · cs antikomunismus (against communism)