Relating to, characteristic of, or advocating communism or the sharing of property and resources in common.
From communist (noun) + -ic suffix. Emerged in the mid-19th century as communism became a defined political ideology, with -ic creating the adjectival form.
Interestingly, 'communistic' sounds more ominous and threatening than 'communist,' which is why Cold War propagandists preferred calling ideas 'communistic' to emphasize their alien nature, while 'communist' could describe a person more neutrally.
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