communism

Noun
  1. A form of socialism that abolishes private ownership (synset 108382782)
    is a type of: socialism, socialist economy - an economic system based on state ownership of capital
    subtypes: bolshevism, collectivism, sovietism - Soviet communism
  2. A political theory favoring collectivism in a classless society (synset 106224497)
    is a type of: ideology, political orientation, political theory - an orientation that characterizes the thinking of a group or nation
    subtypes:
    • castroism - a form of communism developed in Cuba by Fidel Castro
    • leninism, marxism-leninism - the political and economic theories of Lenin which provided the guiding doctrine of the Soviet Union; the modification of Marxism by Lenin stressed that imperialism is the highest form of capitalism (which shifts the struggle from developed to underdeveloped countries)
    • maoism - a form of communism developed in China by Mao Zedong
    • marxism - the economic and political theories of Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels that hold that human actions and institutions are economically determined and that class struggle is needed to create historical change and that capitalism will ultimately be superseded by communism
    • trotskyism - the form of communism advocated by Leon Trotsky; calls for immediate worldwide revolution by the proletariat

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