Meanings
- historicalAn international association of Communist parties, established in 1919 by Vladimir Lenin and dissolved in 1943.
However, the Comintern laid the blame on the Chinese party for pursuing a 'false policy', and its leader, Chen Tu-hsiu, was condemned and later expelled.
1978 [1976], Leszek Kołakowski, translated by P[aul] S[teven] Falla, Main Currents of Marxism, volume III: The Breakdown, Oxford: Clarendon Press, translation of Główne nurty marksizmu: rozkład (in Polish), →ISBN, →OCLC, page 111
Origin
- RussianКоминте́рн
- EnglishComintern
From Russian Коминте́рн (Komintérn), contracted abbreviation of Коммуни́сти́ческий Интернациона́л (Kommunístíčeskij Intɛrnacionál, “Communist International”), from коммунисти́ческий (kommunistíčeskij) + Интернациона́л (Intɛrnacionál).
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Arabic اَلْكُومِنْتَرْن
- اَلْكُومِنْتَرْن (al-kumintarn)international association of Communist parties
Chinese Mandarin 共產國際 /共产国际
- 共產國際 /共产国际 (Gòngchǎn guójì)international association of Communist parties
Czech Kominterna
- Kominternainternational association of Communist parties
Danish Komintern
- Kominterninternational association of Communist parties
Dutch Comintern
- Cominterninternational association of Communist parties
Estonian Komintern
- Kominterninternational association of Communist parties
Finnish Komintern
- Kominterninternational association of Communist parties
French Komintern, Comintern
- Kominterninternational association of Communist parties
- Cominterninternational association of Communist parties
German Komintern
- Kominterninternational association of Communist parties
Hebrew קומינטרן
- קומינטרןinternational association of Communist parties
Hungarian Komintern
- Kominterninternational association of Communist parties
Icelandic Komintern
- Kominterninternational association of Communist parties
Indonesian komintern
- kominterninternational association of Communist parties
Italian Comintern
- Cominterninternational association of Communist parties
Japanese コミンテルン
- コミンテルン (Kominterun)international association of Communist parties
Korean 코민테른
- 코민테른 (Komintereun)international association of Communist parties
Lithuanian Kominternas
- Kominternasinternational association of Communist parties
Norwegian Komintern
- Kominterninternational association of Communist parties
Persian کمینترن
- کمینترن (komintern)international association of Communist parties
Polish Komintern
- Kominterninternational association of Communist parties
Portuguese Comintern
- Cominterninternational association of Communist parties
Romanian Comintern
- Cominterninternational association of Communist parties
Russian Коминте́рн
- Коминте́рн (Komintɛ́rn)international association of Communist parties
Turkish Komintern
- Kominterninternational association of Communist parties
Vietnamese Quốc tế Cộng sản, Đệ tam Quốc tế
- Quốc tế Cộng sảninternational association of Communist parties
- Đệ tam Quốc tếinternational association of Communist parties
- Quốc tế IIIinternational association of Communist parties
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Comintern. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Comintern
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