All 12 Uses
communism
in
Typical American, by Gish Jen
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- And so, no doubt, he would have, had not the Communists liberated Manchuria in the fall.†
Chpt 1.3communists = people who support an economic system that abolishes private ownership of property with the goal of a classless society
- Everyone knew that its ports had been served up to the Russians at Yalta; also that the Russians, retreating, had surrendered their guns, not to Nationalist troops, but to Communist.†
Chpt 1.4communist = someone who supports an economic system that abolishes private ownership of property with the goal of a classless society
- So what did it mean, that the Communists now occupied the region?†
Chpt 1.4communists = people who support an economic system that abolishes private ownership of property with the goal of a classless society
- With more shock to follow as the Communists moved south, and south again.†
Chpt 1.4
- The old silk was dropping — whoosh — but still: the Communists would not, could not, cross the Yangzi River.†
Chpt 1.4
- He wrote back, The U.S. won't let us leave; they're afraid we'll use our training to help the Communists.†
Chpt 1.4
- He hoped that the Communists would prove unable to hold the country.
Chpt 1.4 *
- He saw a hairy Communist swagger into his father's study, belch, spit on the floor, pick up a scroll ...and already Ralph was outraged.†
Chpt 1.4communist = someone who supports an economic system that abolishes private ownership of property with the goal of a classless society
- The Communist is breaking Ralph's father's neck.†
Chpt 1.4
- "If I send home, Communists catch me," he said.†
Chpt 1.4communists = people who support an economic system that abolishes private ownership of property with the goal of a classless society
- Then the Communists.†
Chpt 1.7
- No, he wasn't a Communist.†
Chpt 1.8communist = someone who supports an economic system that abolishes private ownership of property with the goal of a classless society
Definitions:
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(1)
(communism) an economic system that abolishes private ownership of property with the goal of a classless society
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)