different between leftist vs communist

English

Etymology

From left +? -ist.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?l?ft?st/

Noun

leftist (plural leftists)

1. (politics) A person who holds views associated with the political left.

   Synonym: left-winger

   Coordinate terms: centrist, rightist

Translations

Adjective

leftist (comparative more leftist, superlative most leftist)

1. Of or pertaining to the political left.

Translations

Derived terms

• far-leftist

See also

• lefty

Anagrams

• ittself, liftest

English

Alternative forms

• Communist

Etymology

From French communiste.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?k?.mj?.n?st/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?k??.m.j?.n?st/
• Hyphenation: com?mu?nist

Adjective

communist

1. Of, relating to, supporting, or advocating communism.

Derived terms

• communist party, Communist Party

Translations

Noun

communist (plural communists)

1. An advocate of a society based on the common ownership of property; a proponent of communism.
2. (nonstandard) Any revolutionary or subversive radical.

Translations

Anagrams

• uncommits

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from French communiste or German Kommunist, itself from French.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?k?.my?n?st/
• Hyphenation: com?mu?nist
• Rhymes: -?st

Noun

communist m (plural communisten, diminutive communistje n, feminine communiste)

1. a communist [from ca. 1840]

Derived terms

• anarchocommunist
• communistenvreter
• communistisch

Related terms

• communisme

Descendants

• Afrikaans: kommunis
• ? Indonesian: komunis