COMMUNISM Synonyms

• Soviet communism

• Soviet communism

• a political theory that the people should own the means of production

• the ideology of the political left; belief in or support of the tenets of the political left

• 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)

• a form of communism developed in China by Mao Zedong

• 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determined and that class struggle is needed to create historical change and that capitalism will ultimately be superseded by communism

• the political orientation of those who favor revolutionary change in government and society

• a political theory advocating state ownership of industry

• an economic system based on state ownership of capital

• an ideological belief in the complete and unrestricted power of government.

• a form of government in which the ruler is an absolute dictator (not restricted by a constitution or laws or opposition etc.)

• an ideological belief in the complete and unrestricted power of government.

• The belief that the centralization of power in a state (sovereign polity) is the ideal or best way to organize humanity.