# barracks communism

> English word · Noun

## Definitions
1. A crude, authoritarian, forced collectivism and communism where all aspects of life are bureaucratically regimented.

## Etymology
Calque of German Kasernenkommunismus, coined by Karl Marx in reference to the workers' dormitories (not military barracks).

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
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