(~s)
1.
Socialists and Communists are sometimes referred to as ~s.
Two of the men were ~s and two were centrists.
...Chilean ~s.
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2.
If you describe someone, their ideals or their activities as ~, you mean that they support the ideas of socialism or communism.
...an alliance of seven ~ parties...
...extreme ~ ideas.
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