communism

Etymology

A borrowing from French communisme, which was formed from commun (“common”) (from Latin commūnis) and the suffix -isme (“-ism”).

noun

1. Any far-left political ideology or philosophy advocating holding the production of resources collectively, especially by seizing it through revolution.
   I want to gather together about twenty souls and sail away from this world of war and squalor and found a little colony where there shall be no money but a sort of communism as far as necessaries of life go, and some real decency. 1932, D. H. Lawrence, The Letters of D.H. Lawrence, Edited by A. Huxley, page 219
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.