English noun: communism | |||
1. | communism (group) a form of socialism that abolishes private ownership | ||
Broader (hypernym) | socialism, socialist economy | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | Bolshevism, collectivism, sovietism | ||
2. | communism (cognition) a political theory favoring collectivism in a classless society | ||
Broader (hypernym) | ideology, political orientation, political theory | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | Castroism, Leninism, Maoism, Marxism, Marxism-Leninism, Trotskyism | ||