Meanings
proper noun
- Communist Party of Germany (Opposition).
In an interview with Jacobin to be published later this year, veteran KPO activist Theodor Bergmann tells of Heinrich Adam, prewar KPO member and mechanic at the Zeiss optics factory in Jena who joined the SED in hopes of realizing socialist unity.
2017 May 29, Loren Balhorn, “The Lost History of Antifa”, in Jacobin Magazine
Origin
- GermanKPO“Kommunistische Partei Deutschlands (Opposition)”
- EnglishKPO
Borrowed from German KPO (“Kommunistische Partei Deutschlands (Opposition)”).
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APA
KPO. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/KPO
MLA
“KPO.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/KPO. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “KPO,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/KPO.
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