Communism Definition & Meaning | Britannica Dictionary (original) (raw)

communism

noun

or

Communism

/ˈkɑːmjəˌnɪzəm/

communism

noun

or

Communism

/ˈkɑːmjəˌnɪzəm/

Britannica Dictionary definition of COMMUNISM

[noncount]

:

a way of organizing a society in which the government owns the things that are used to make and transport products (such as land, oil, factories, ships, etc.) and there is no privately owned property

— compare capitalism, socialism