Written by the Fiveable Content Team • Last updated September 2025
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Verified for the 2026 exam•Written by the Fiveable Content Team • Last updated September 2025
Definition
The Communist Party is a political party that advocates for the establishment of a classless society where all property is publicly owned and each person works according to their abilities and receives according to their needs.
Related terms
Marxism-Leninism: A political ideology based on the theories of Karl Marx and Vladimir Lenin, advocating for socialist revolution and communist governance.
Proletariat: The working class in society who do not own means of production.
Dictatorship of the proletariat: A transitional stage in Marxist theory where workers hold political power before achieving communism.