anti-communist

A form of anticommunist — Opposed to the tenets of communism.

Meanings

adjectiveanti-communist (comparative more anti-communist, superlative most anti-communist)

comparative more anti-communist · superlative most anti-communist

  1. alternativeAlternative spelling of anticommunist.

    The interior of Mao Tse-tung’s house at Hsiangtan County in Hunan Province was damaged by a number of anti-Communist protestors on June 23, according to a news report reaching Taipei recently.

    [1979 September 9, “Mao's house damaged”, in Free China Weekly, volume XX, number 35, Taipei, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 3
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    But many Americans continued to believe that two vital questions about Formosa still deserved debate. The first was strategic: in the event of another war, will the U.S. need Formosa? The second was moral: should the U.S., as an anti-Communist power, help maintain a center of anti-Communist resistance in China?

    [1950 February 6, “Formosa Girds for a Lonely Last Stand”, in Life, volume 28, number 6, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 25, columns 2, 3
nounanti-communist (plural anti-communists)

plural anti-communists

  1. alternativeAlternative spelling of anticommunist.
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