Meanings
plural anticommunisms · alternative anti-communism · alternative anti-Communism
- uncountableusuallyOpposition to communism.
1 more example
In the main, anticommunism in postwar America meant opposition to the kind of dictatorial state socialism that existed in Russia and that many Americans saw as a negation of everything America stood for. In the 1946 campaign, for example, when I talked about the "communist-dominated PAC," my remarks were generally understood in this context of dictatorial socialism versus free enterprise.
1978, Richard Nixon, RN: the Memoirs of Richard Nixon, Grosset & Dunlap, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 47
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂ent-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂énts
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂énti
- Ancient Greekᾰ̓ντῐ́ (ăntĭ́)
- Ancient Greekἀντι- (anti-)
- Englishanti-
- Proto-Indo-European*mey-
- Proto-Indo-European*ḱom-moy-ni-s
- Proto-Italic*kommoinis
- Old Latincomoinis
- Latincommūnis
- Old Frenchcomun
- Frenchcommun
- Frenchcommunisme
- Englishcommunism
- Englishanticommunism
Translations
Chinese Mandarin 反共
- 反共 (fǎngòng)against communism
Czech antikomunismus
- antikomunismusagainst communism
Esperanto antikomunismo
- antikomunismoagainst communism
Finnish antikommunismi
- antikommunismiagainst communism
French anticommunisme
- anticommunismeagainst communism
German Antikommunismus
- Antikommunismusagainst communism
Greek αντικομμουνισμός
- αντικομμουνισμός (antikommounismós)against communism
Hungarian antikommunizmus
- antikommunizmusagainst communism
Indonesian antikomunisme
- antikomunismeagainst communism
Korean 반공
- 반공 (ban'gong)against communism
Polish antykomunizm
- antykomunizmagainst communism
Portuguese anticomunismo
- anticomunismoagainst communism
Russian антикоммуни́зм
- антикоммуни́зм (antikommunízm)against communism
Spanish anticomunismo
- anticomunismoagainst communism
Swedish antikommunism
- antikommunismagainst communism
Tagalog labankalamaan
- labankalamaanagainst communism
Cite this entry
anticommunism. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/anticommunism
“anticommunism.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/anticommunism. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “anticommunism,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/anticommunism.
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