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| Bolshevik |
(often l.c.) a member of the majority faction of the party that seized power in 1917 and formed the Communist party in the Soviet Union. [2/3 definitions] |
| commissar |
a Communist party official responsible for political indoctrination and conformity. [1/2 definitions] |
| communist |
(cap.) one who belongs to the Communist party. [1/4 definitions] |
| comrade |
a fellow member of an organization, esp. of the Communist party. [1/2 definitions] |
| Eurocommunism |
a type of communism favored in some Western European nations, claimed to be independent of the Russian Communist party. |
| fellow traveler |
one who does not belong to a group, esp. the Communist party, but supports or espouses its doctrines and aims; sympathizer (used as a derogatory label). |
| hammer and sickle |
a representation of these implements, crossed, used as a symbol of the Communist party, the hammer representing workers and the sickle representing peasants. |
| politburo |
a Communist party's most powerful committee. [2 definitions] |
| presidium |
(cap.) in the Soviet Union, the executive committee of the Communist party from 1952 to 1966. [1/2 definitions] |
| Walter Ulbricht |
founding member of the German Communist Party and First Secretary of the Socialist Union Party (1950-71), who was a leader in the development and establishment of East Germany (b.1893--d.1973). |
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