Home › Words › E › eurocommunismeurocommunismeurocommunism means 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.EtymologyFrom Euro- + communism.nounAn 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.Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.neocommunism 73% match — Eurocommunism vs eurocommunism →eurocommunist 67% match — A supporter of Eurocommunism. vs eurocommunism →eurosocialism 57% match — The modern European socialist movement, or its philosophical framework. vs eurocommunism →communism 52% match — Any far-left political ideology or philosophy advocating holding the production of resources collectively, especially by seizing it through revolution. vs eurocommunism →eurojargon 51% match — political jargon associated with the European Union vs eurocommunism →eurorealism 51% match — A realist (rather than idealist) stance toward the European Union. vs eurocommunism →eurofascism 50% match — The modern European fascist movement, or its philosophical framework. vs eurocommunism →eurocolonialism 49% match — European colonialism. vs eurocommunism →