Anthropology, Education, Sociology, and Social Phenomena

Communism

A totalitarian system of government in which a single authoritarian party controls state-owned means of production with the professed aim of establishing a classless society.

National Library of MedicineMedical Subject Headings2026

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Abstract

A totalitarian system of government in which a single authoritarian party controls state-owned means of production with the professed aim of establishing a classless society.

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Synonyms

2 entry terms
  • Marxism
  • Leninism

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5 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings classification, economics, history, statistics & numerical data, trends.

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specify geog if pertinent

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  1. I01w.696w.232w

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Communism. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D003148. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D003148
  2. Communism. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Communism
  3. Communism. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6186