communismus

Latin

Etymology

Calque of French communisme (communism), from commūnis +‎ -ismus.

Pronunciation

Noun

commūnismus m sg (genitive commūnismī); second declension

  1. (New Latin) communism
    • 1949, Pope Pio XII, Decree against communism[1], Associação Cultural Montfort:
      R. Negative: Communismum enim est materialisticus et antichristianus; communistarum autem duces, etsi verbis quandoque profitentur se religionem non oppugnare, se tamen, sive doctrina sive actione, Deo veraeque religioni et Ecclesia Christi sere infensos esse ostendunt.
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Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

singular
nominative commūnismus
genitive commūnismī
dative commūnismō
accusative commūnismum
ablative commūnismō
vocative commūnisme