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communism

com·mu·nism [ kómmyə nìzzəm ]


noun 
Definition:
 
classless political system: the political theory or system in which all property and wealth is owned in a classless society by all the members of that society

[Mid-19th century. < French communisme< commun "common" < Latin communis]
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