Comintern

UK:*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˈkɒmɪntɜːrn/US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(kom′in tûrn′, kom′in tûrn′)


WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
Com•in•tern  (kom′in tûrn′, kom′in tûrn′),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. GovernmentSee Third International. 
Also, Komintern. 
  • Russian Komintérn, for Kommunistícheskiĭ Internatsionál Communist International

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
Comintern, Komintern / ˈkɒmɪnˌtɜːn/
  1. short for Communist International: an international Communist organization founded by Lenin in Moscow in 1919 and dissolved in 1943; it degenerated under Stalin into an instrument of Soviet politics
    Also called: Third International
'Comintern' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
Anti-Comintern Pact - International - Komintern - Radek - Third International - Zinoviev

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