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communism

/ˈkɒmjunɪzəm/noun

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साम्यवाद

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    a political movement that believes in an economic system in which the state controls the means of production and wealth is shared equally among people

    साम्यवाद

    • Karl Marx laid the foundations of communism.
    • the fall of communism in Eastern Europe in 1989
    • The history syllabus explains how communism spread in the twentieth century.
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    • Communism differs from capitalism in how it treats private property.
    • Students compared communism and socialism in their social science project.

    Opposite capitalism

§Structures (grammar patterns) 4

communism (uncountable)

Communism is an uncountable noun, written without an article when it means the system or idea in general.

'Communism' uncountable noun है; व्यवस्था या विचार के सामान्य अर्थ में इसके साथ article नहीं लगता।

  • Communism was the official ideology of the Soviet Union.
  • Many students read about communism in their political science course.

the fall / rise of communism

With of, communism names the movement or system whose growth or end is described.

'Of' के साथ 'communism' उस आंदोलन या व्यवस्था को बताता है जिसके उदय या पतन की बात हो रही हो।

  • The fall of communism in Eastern Europe changed world politics.

communism vs Communism (capital C)

A lower-case c refers to the idea; a capital C is often used for the party or a particular state system.

छोटे c से विचार का बोध होता है; capital C प्रायः पार्टी या किसी विशेष राज्य-व्यवस्था के लिए आता है।

  • Karl Marx wrote about communism as a stage after capitalism.

communism, socialism and capitalism

The three words are often compared in political science: capitalism leaves production to private owners, while communism wants common ownership.

राजनीति विज्ञान में ये तीनों शब्द प्रायः तुलना में आते हैं: पूँजीवाद में उत्पादन निजी स्वामियों के पास रहता है, जबकि साम्यवाद साझा स्वामित्व चाहता है।

  • Communism opposes private ownership of factories and land.
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adjective + communism

SovietChineserevolutionaryorthodoxearly

  • Chinese communism developed in its own way after 1949.

verb + communism

embracerejectopposespreadstudy

  • Many young Indians in the 1930s embraced communism.

communism + noun

leaderpartymovementideologystate

  • The communist movement was strong in Kerala and West Bengal.

noun + of communism

collapsespreadrisefailureprinciples

  • The collapse of communism in Europe ended the Cold War.
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  • Communism aims at a society without class differences.

साम्यवाद का उद्देश्य वर्ग-भेद रहित समाज बनाना है।

  • The Russian Revolution of 1917 gave communism its first great victory.

1917 की रूसी क्रांति ने साम्यवाद को उसकी पहली बड़ी विजय दिलाई।

  • Radhika wrote an essay comparing communism and democracy.

राधिका ने साम्यवाद और लोकतंत्र की तुलना करते हुए एक निबंध लिखा।

  • During the Cold War, many countries feared the spread of communism.

शीत युद्ध के दौरान कई देशों को साम्यवाद के प्रसार का भय था।

  • India chose a mixed economy, not communism, after independence.

स्वतंत्रता के बाद भारत ने साम्यवाद नहीं, मिश्रित अर्थव्यवस्था चुनी।

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✗ Communism are against private property.

✓ Communism is against private property.

Communism is a singular uncountable noun and takes is.

'Communism' singular uncountable noun है और 'is' लेता है।

✗ Communists believes in common ownership.

✓ Communists believe in common ownership.

A plural subject takes a plural verb.

Plural subject के साथ plural verb आती है।

✗ The communism and the capitalism are different systems.

✓ Communism and capitalism are different systems.

Uncountable ideas named in general take no article.

सामान्य अर्थ में प्रयुक्त uncountable विचारों के साथ article नहीं लगता।

◇Word family
communist noun, adj.
≈Synonyms and antonyms

Antonyms

capitalism

AaSpelling

com·mu·nism

Double m (not 'comunism').

दो m ('comunism' गलत है)।

✓In the exam

One-word substitution

A system in which all property is owned by the community is communism; one based on private ownership is capitalism; one in which the state controls major industries but private property is allowed is socialism.

'जिस व्यवस्था में सारी संपत्ति समुदाय की हो' communism; निजी स्वामित्व पर आधारित capitalism; जिसमें राज्य बड़े उद्योग नियंत्रित करे पर निजी संपत्ति की अनुमति हो socialism।

General knowledge

'The Communist Manifesto' (1848) by Marx and Engels; the Communist Party of India was founded in 1925.

Marx और Engels का 'The Communist Manifesto' (1848); भारतीय कम्युनिस्ट पार्टी की स्थापना 1925 में हुई।