communisme

Dutch

Alternative forms

• kommunisme (superseded)

Etymology

Borrowed from French communisme or German Kommunismus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌkɔ.myˈnɪs.mə/

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• Hyphenation: com‧mu‧nis‧me
• Rhymes: -ɪsmə

Noun

communisme n (plural communismen, diminutive communismetje n)

1. communism (collectivist socialism, ideology)

   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.

2. communism (classless and stateless international socialist order)

   Marx voorspelde dat het communisme het eindstadium van de ontwikkeling der wereldorde zou zijn.

   Marx predicted that communism would be the final stage of the development of the world order.

3. (literally, rare) any collectivism

   Synonym: collectivisme

   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 Manifesto.

Hypernyms

• (communism, ideology): socialisme

Derived terms

• Eurocommunisme
• goulashcommunisme
• liefdescommunisme
• postcommunisme
• radencommunisme
• stenentijdperkcommunisme

 

Related terms

• commune
• communist
• communistisch

 

Descendants

• Afrikaans: kommunisme
• → Indonesian: komunisme
• → Sranan Tongo: komunisme

French

Etymology

From commun (“(in) common)”) +‎ -isme (“-ism”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɔ.my.nism/ ~ /kɔ.my.nizm/

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Noun

communisme m (plural communismes)

1. (literally) any collectivism
2. (often) communism

Synonyms

• collectivisme m

Related terms

• communiste m or f
• commune f

Descendants

• → German: Kommunismus (see there for further descendants)
• → Greek: κομμουνισμός (kommounismós)
• → Ottoman Turkish: قومونیزم (komünizm)
  • Turkish: komünizm
• → Persian: کمونیسم (komunism)
• → Romanian: comunism
• → Spanish: comunismo
  • → Cebuano: komunismo
  • → Tagalog: komunismo

See also

• bolchévisme m
• leninisme m
• maoïsme m
• stalinisme m
• trotskisme m

Further reading

• “communisme”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Occitan

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Noun

communisme m (plural communismes)

1. communism

Related terms

• communista

 

Further reading

• Diccionari General de la Lenga Occitana, L’Academia occitana – Consistòri del Gai Saber, 2008-2024, page 179.