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共産主義 (きょうさんしゅぎ) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

共きょう産さん主しゅ義ぎ

きょ

う

さ

ん

しゅ

ぎ

Common wordJLPTN1

Meanings

1

noun

Refers to the political and economic ideology advocating common ownership of the means of production.

彼かれは共きょう産さん主しゅ義ぎの理り想そうを信しんじている。
He believes in the ideals of communism.
共きょう産さん主しゅ義ぎの歴れき史しについて

学まな

ぶ

。

I study the history of communism.

Kanji

共together, both, neither
産products, bear, give birth
主lord, chief, master
義righteousness, justice, morality

Similar words

社しゃ会かい主しゅ義ぎ
Socialism is a broader term often seen as a transitional stage; communism is a more specific, classless, stateless endpoint in Marxist theory.
資し本ほん主しゅ義ぎ
Capitalism is the opposing economic system based on private ownership and free markets.

Etymology

Compound of 共産 (kyōsan, 'joint production') + 主義 (shugi, '-ism'). 共産 is a Meiji-era coinage translating the concept of 'common production'.