# communism

> English word · Noun · IPA [ˈkɒm.ju.nɪ.zm̩] · frequency rank #9,586

## Definitions
1. Any far-left political ideology or philosophy advocating holding the production of resources collectively, especially by seizing it through revolution.
2. Any political social system that implements a communist political philosophy.
3. The international socialist society where classes, money, and the state no longer exist.
4. Any left-wing ideology, government regulations, or policies promoting a welfare state, nationalisation, etc.
5. Readiness to share scientific findings (the first of the Mertonian norms).
6. communality, sharedness.

## Etymology
Etymology tree
Old Latin comoinis
Latin commūnis
Old French comun
French commun
Proto-Indo-European *-id-
Proto-Indo-European *-yéti
Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti
Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō
Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)
Proto-Indo-European *-mos
Proto-Indo-European *-mós
Ancient Greek -μός (-mós)
Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der.
Latin -ismusbor.
French -isme
French communismebor.
English communism
A borrowing from French communisme, which was formed from commun (“common”) (from Latin commūnis) and the suffix -isme (“-ism”). By surface analysis, commune + -ism.

## Easily confused with
- **community** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/communism-vs-community)
- **communist** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/communism-vs-communist)
- **communion** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/communion-vs-communism)

## Common misspellings (12)
`ccommunism`, `cmomunism`, `commnuism`, `commuinsm`, `communims`, `communismm`, `communissm`, `communnism`, `communsim`, `comumnism`, `comunism`, `ocmmunism`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/communism