Communism
Communism noun - A political theory favoring collectivism in a classless society.
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Synonyms for Communism
State socialism and communism are semantically related. in socialism topic. In some cases you can use "State socialism" instead a noun "Communism".
State socialism
State socialism noun - An economic system in which the government owns most means of production but some degree of private capitalism is allowed.
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Synonyms for State socialism
Communism and state socialism are semantically related. Sometimes you can replace term "Communism" with "State socialism", this terms are similar.
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- Adherents of Marxism, Marxism-Leninism and its derivatives are commonly known as communists. As all modern nations under communist control have had political systems which are state socialist in nature, state socialism and communism have often become conflated in the popular consciousness.
- In fact, Marxism regards state socialism as merely a necessary intermediate stage and communism as the final ideal system for society.
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