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communism

[kom-yuh-niz-uhm] / ˈkɒm jəˌnɪz əm /


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His critiques of both communism and unrestrained capitalism stemmed from his dismay that each of them undermined the dignity of human beings created in God’s image.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2026

During communism, all land in Albania was collectivized.

From Slate ● Sep. 8, 2026

Saxony-Anhalt is Germany's poorest region and there, as in much of east Germany, you often encounter what's known as "Ostalgie" amongst voters; essentially "nostalgia in the east" for comparatively more stable times under communism.

From BBC ● Sep. 7, 2026

Their devotion to communism as unshakable as ever, both worked for the Soviet government—though in staid desk jobs rather than undercover operations—before dying within a month of each other in 1964.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026

It doesn’t even have to be an important or hard word, like amnesty or communism, but something easy, like salt or butter or sky or star.

From "Before We Were Free" by Julia Alvarez


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