anti-communist

adjective

an·​ti-com·​mu·​nist

ˌan-tē-ˈkäm-yə-nist,

-yü-,

ˌan-tī- 

variants or anti-Communist or anticommunist

: opposed to Communism

anti-communist leaders

an anti-Communist ideology

anti-communist noun

or anti-Communist or anticommunist

… they expressed their feelings with a directness that few anti-Communists could rival.

—Julius Gould

anti-communism noun

or anti-Communism or anticommunism

ˌan-tē-ˈkäm-yə-ˌni-zəm,

-yü-,

ˌan-tī- 

Sometimes he is aroused to arms against those whose anti-Communism is merely less salient or monolithic than his own …

—Dennis H. Wrong

Examples of anti-communist in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Beginning in 1964, union membership rates in Wisconsin would remain above the national average for 47 years, a complete reversal of its leading role in the previous decade’s anti-communist hysteria. —Nancy C. Unger / Made By History, TIME, 28 Oct. 2024

The stage play is based on the 2005 film written by Clooney and Heslov and follows Murrow’s clash with U.S. Sen. Joseph McCarthy as Murrow pushes to continue reporting on McCarthy’s anti-communist efforts. —Caitlin Huston, The Hollywood Reporter, 28 Oct. 2024

In the 1960s and 1970s, flyers with this anti-communist slogan were plastered on electric poles and walls throughout South Korea and were meant to encourage North Korean spies to stop conducting espionage, turn themselves in and start a peaceful life in South Korea. —Regina Kim, Forbes, 7 Oct. 2024

During the Vietnam War, the U.S. government recruited the Hmong to fight in the Secret War in Laos, where the U.S. had been covertly providing aid and military assistance to anti-communist forces. —Giang Nguyen-Dien, The Conversation, 27 Sep. 2024

Word History

First Known Use

1848, in the meaning defined above