communisme

Dutch

Alternative forms

• kommunisme

Etymology

From French communisme, itself from German Kommunismus or modeled on it

Noun

communisme n. (plural communismen, diminutive communismetje)

1. (literally) Any collectivism

   Het communisme van Babeuf dateert van het Directoire, generaties voor Karl Marx' Manifest

   Babeuf's communism dates from the Directoire, generations before Karl Marx's Communist Manifesto

2. (commonly; usually capitalized: Communisme) The Marxist ideology communism

   Het Communisme van het Sovjetblok verloor de Koude Oorlog tegen het Westers kapitalisme bij de val van de Muur

   The Soviet block's Communism lost the Cold War against Western capitalism when the Wall came down

Synonyms

• collectivisme n.

Derived terms

• communistisch
• Eurocommunisme n.
• postcommunisme n.

Related terms

• commune
• communist m.

See also

• bolsjevisme n.
• leninisme n.
• maoisme n.
• mensjevisme n.
• stalinisme n.
• trotskisme n.

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French

Etymology

From German Kommunismus or a calque of it: commun (“(in) common)”) + -isme (“-ism”)

Noun

communisme f. (plural communismes)

1. (literally) Any collectivism
2. (commonly) The Marxist ideology communism

Synonyms

• collectivisme m.

Related terms

• communiste m. and f. & adjective
• commune

See also

• bolchevisme m.
• leninisme m.
• maoisme m.
• stalinisme m.
• trotskisme m.