What does "eurocommunism" mean?

An ideological trend within various Western European communist parties in the 1970s and 1980s; a form of communism less aligned with Soviet communism and allegedly more relevant to Western European social conditions.

What is a synonym for "eurocommunism"?

Common synonyms include: neocommunism, neocommunism.

Eurocommunism

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Noun

1
An ideological trend within various Western European communist parties in the 1970s and 1980s; a form of communism less aligned with Soviet communism and allegedly more relevant to Western European social conditions. uncountable
"But isn't the French CP more tied to Moscow? Yes. They flirted with Eurocommunism, and then they didn't stay with it for very long. Just recently around Afghanistan they showed that they were still allied with Moscow."

Synonyms

All synonyms

neocommunism neocommunism

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"But isn't the French CP more tied to Moscow? Yes. They flirted with Eurocommunism, and then they didn't stay with it for very long. Just recently around Afghanistan they showed that they were still allied with Moscow."

Etymology

From Euro- + communism.

Related phrases

soviet union

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