Guomindang

Guo·min·dang
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/ˌɡwɔ.mɪnˈdɑŋ/

A form of Kuomintang — A nationalist political party founded under Sun Yat-sen in 1912 that ruled mainland China from 1928 to 1949, now one of three major parties in the Republic of China (Taiwan).

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Meanings

proper nounthe Guomindang

alternative abbreviation GMD

  1. alternativeAlternative form of Kuomintang.

    Chen's election as president in 2000 ended over 50 years of Guomindang (KMT) rule in Taiwan.

    2010 December 3, “Taiwan's ex-president formally begins 19-year jail term”, in Deutsche Welle, archived from the original on 16 Jul 2023
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    For others, control of a province was an end in itself, a means of securing material gains and power. The most extreme case of this was Yan Xi-shan, lord of Shanxi from 1911 until the fall of the Guomindang in 1949.

    1977, Jean Chesneaux, Françoise Le Barbier, Marie-Claire Bergère, “The Republic of the Warlords: 1916–1919”, in Paul Auster, Lydia Davis, transl., China from the 1911 Revolution to Liberation, Pantheon Books, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 44

    The northern expeditionary army had reached Wuhan, and some comrades became so proud and overweening, they forgot that the Guomindang was about to assault us.

    1979 April 9 [1979 March 30], Theoretical Group of the Logistics Department of Shenyang PLA units, “Correctly Sum Up and Deal With Historical Experiences”, in Daily Report: People's Republic of China, volume I, number 069, Foreign Broadcast Information Service, sourced from Beijing RENMIN RIBAO 30 Mar 79 p 3, translation of original in Chinese, →ISSN, →OCLC, People's Republic of China: National Affairs, page L 8

    The delegates at this First Congress of the Chinese Communist Party resolved to fight alone, without attempting to make any alliance with Sun Yat-sen and the Guomindang.

    1981, Norman Kolpas, Mao, Cameron & Tayleur, page 30

    On 7 January 1979 J.P. Hu, Myra Roper and I arrived in Peking chasing an opportunity to investigate the re-education methods imposed by the Chinese Communist regime on high-ranking military and administrative personnel from the pre-1949 era. An opportunity to pursue this interesting question arose when J.P. re-established contact with his father, a former Guomindang official, after 26 years of silence. His father, imprisoned soon after Liberation for his alleged counterrevolutionary activities, had participated in a programme of re-education and had finally been released at the 1975 amnesty.

    1982, J. A. Fyfield, Re-educating Chinese Anti-communists, New York: St. Martin's Press, →ISBN, page 1

Synonyms & antonyms

nounthe political party founded in 1911 by Sun Yat-sen; it governed China under Chiang Kai-shek from 1928 until 1949 when the Communists took power and subsequently was the official ruling party of Taiwan

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Origin

  1. Mandarin國民黨 /国民党
  2. EnglishGuomindang

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Mandarin 國民黨 /国民党 (Guómíndǎng).

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APA

Guomindang. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Guomindang

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“Guomindang.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Guomindang. Accessed November 3, 2026.

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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Guomindang,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Guomindang.

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