a. [f. COMMUNIST + -IC; cf. Hellenistic, etc.]
1. Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of communism; in accordance with communist principles.
1851. Edin. Rev., Jan., 26. Communistic association, as opposed to Competition, can only … succeed … when society shall be Christianised.
1874. Sayce, Compar. Philol., iii. 120. The communistic life of bees.
1875. Jowett, Plato (ed. 2), III. 46. Communistic regulations respecting property and marriage.
¶ 2. Used as = COMMUNALISTIC.
1870. Daily News, 7 Oct. Mr. John Lemoinne points out in the Débats the infinite mischief which the communistic agitation is effecting.
1873. King of Arms, 18 Oct., 4. The excesses … of the Republican and Communistic factions.
