See also: communism English English Wikipedia has an article on:CommunismWikipedia Commons:Category Wikimedia Commons has more media related to: Communism Noun Communism (uncountable) The ideology of political parties that use the term Communist in their names, usually Marxist and Leninist. The socio-economic system based on such parties' ideologies. (US, informal) A state of affairs perceived as oppressive, overly arbitrary, or totalitarian. 1953 (pub. 1997), Eugen Rosenstock-Huessy ed., Hinge of Generations-1953 Transcripts ...he shouldn't...just...[say]..."I -- I am responsible for prosperity,"...that's Communism, Sir, you see. 1992, Sylvia Whitman, V Is for Victory: The American Home Front During World War II:Although her elder daughter, Jane, complains, “that's Communism,” Mrs. Hilton rents her own bedroom to a retired colonel. 1998, Joseph Martin Hernon, Profiles in Character: Hubris and Heroism in the U.S. Senate, 1789-1990:...[he] condemned Thurmond's proposal for its “totalitarianism”: “That's Communism....That's China. That's not America. Derived terms Fully Automated Luxury Gay Space Communism Fully Automated Luxury Queer Space Communism Wikiwand - on Seamless Wikipedia browsing. On steroids.