com ‧ mu ‧ nis ‧ m BrE AmE , Communism /ˈkɒmjənɪz ə m, ˈkɒmjʊnɪz ə m $ ˈkɑː-/ noun [uncountable]
[ Date: 1800-1900 ; Language: French ; Origin: communisme , from commun ; ⇨ ↑ common 1 ]
1 . a political system in which the government controls the production of all food and goods, and there is no privately owned property ⇨ capitalism , socialism
2 . the belief in this political system