barracks communism

noun

A crude, authoritarian, forced collectivism and communism where all aspects of life are bureaucratically regimented.

OriginGerman Kasernenkommunismus →
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Meanings

nounbarracks communism (uncountable)
  1. uncountableA crude, authoritarian, forced collectivism and communism where all aspects of life are bureaucratically regimented.

Origin

  1. GermanKasernenkommunismus
  2. Englishbarracks communism

Calque of German Kasernenkommunismus, coined by Karl Marx in reference to the workers' dormitories (not military barracks).

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