- a theory or system of social organization based on the holding of all property in common, actual ownership being ascribed to the community as a whole or to the state.
- a system of social organization in which all economic and social activity is controlled by a totalitarian state dominated by a single and self-perpetuating political party.
- the principles and practices of the Communist Party.
- communalism.
- advocacy of a classless society in which private ownership has been abolished and the means of production and subsistence belong to the community
- any social, economic, or political movement or doctrine aimed at achieving such a society
- a political movement based upon the writings of Marx that considers history in terms of class conflict and revolutionary struggle, resulting eventually in the victory of the proletariat and the establishment of a socialist order based on public ownership of the means of production
- a social order or system of government established by a ruling Communist Party, esp in the former Soviet Union
- any leftist political activity or thought, esp when considered to be subversive
- communal living; communalism
