communism

noun

1. (countable, uncountable)Any far-left political ideology or philosophy advocating holding the production of resources collectively, especially by seizing it through revolution.

   “I want to gather together about twenty souls and sail away from this world of war and squalor and found a little colony where there shall be no money but a sort of communism as far as necessaries of life go, and some real decency.”

2. (countable, uncountable)Any political social system that implements a communist political philosophy.
3. (countable, uncountable)The international socialist society where classes, money, and the state no longer exist.
4. (Western, colloquial, countable, derogatory, often, uncountable)Any left-wing ideology, government regulations, or policies promoting a welfare state, nationalisation, etc.

   “This tax plan is communism!”

5. (countable, rare, uncountable)Readiness to share scientific findings (the first of the Mertonian norms).

   “A recent survey of 633 South Korean scientists found not only that communism was the Mertonian norm they thought most respected in practice (Kim and Kim 2018, 9), but also that younger scientists’ replies showed evidence of ‘mounting tension between the commercialisation of academic science and the norm of communalism’ (Kim and Kim 2018, 19). Our focus on scientific communism and its relationship to commercial research may thus reflect the concerns of working scientists.”

6. (countable, rare, uncountable)communality, sharedness.

   “Rational expectations econometrics extends a communism of statistical models to include a “sharing with nature” that is an essential input into making maximum likelihood or generalized method of moments be good estimators.”

7. (uncountable)The ideology of political parties that use the term Communist in their names, usually Marxist and Leninist.
8. (uncountable)The socio-economic system based on such parties' ideologies.
9. (US, informal, uncountable)A state of affairs perceived as oppressive, overly arbitrary, or totalitarian.

   “...he shouldn't...just...[say]..."I -- I am responsible for prosperity,"...that's Communism, Sir, you see.”

   “Although her elder daughter, Jane, complains, “that's Communism,” Mrs. Hilton rents her own bedroom to a retired colonel.”

   “...[he] condemned Thurmond's proposal for its “totalitarianism”: “That's Communism....That's China. That's not America.”