Eurocommunism

UK: /ˌjʊərəʊˈkɒmjʊˌnɪzəm/

US: (yŏŏr′ə kom′yə niz′əm, yûr′-)

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Eu•ro•com•mu•nism  (yŏŏr′ə kom′yə niz′əm, yûr′-), n. 

1. Government a form of Communism that developed in some western European nations independently of the Soviet Union.

• Euro- + communism 1970–75

Eu′ro•com′mu•nist, n., adj. 

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Eurocommunism / ˌjʊərəʊˈkɒmjʊˌnɪzəm/ noun

1. the policies, doctrines, and practices of Communist Parties in Western Europe in the 1970s and 1980s, esp those rejecting democratic centralism and favouring nonalignment with the Soviet Union and China

ˌEuroˈcommunist noun , adjective