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anticommunist (comparative more anticommunist, superlative most anticommunist)
- Of the alternative forms, anticommunist is most common, followed by anti-communist and anti-Communist.[1] In the 20th century, anti-Communist was most common.[1] Merriam-Webster lists all three variants[2] and so does Cambridge.[3] Collins only lists anti-Communist.[4]
- As for spelling, compare antisocialist, antiliberal, antilibertarian and anticapitalist.
anticommunist (plural anticommunists)
person opposed to communism
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 anti-communist, anticommunist,anti-Communist at the Google Books Ngram Viewer.
- ^ “anticommunist”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
- ^ “anticommunist”, in Cambridge English Dictionary, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: Cambridge University Press, 1999–present.
- ^ “anticommunist”, in Collins English Dictionary.
- “anticommunist”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.