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	community charge

	community chest

	community college

	community education

	community home

	community medicine

	community nurse

	community of color

	community of interest

	community policing

	community property

	community reef

	community relations

	community school

	community service

	community-service order

	communize

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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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