comrade
Sign in to savethumb|World War I [[American Red Cross poster by Harrison Fisher, 1918]] In political contexts, comrade means a fellow party member. The political use was inspired by the French Revolution, after which it grew into a form of address between socialists and workers. Since the Russian Revolution, popular culture in the West has often associated it with communism. As such, it can also be used as a reference to leftists, akin to "". In particular, the Russian word () may be used as a reference to communists.
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- Etymology
- Background
- Political usage
- Russian and Soviet usage
- Chinese usage
- South African usage
- Zimbabwean usage
- South Sudanese usage
- British usage
- Kenyan usage
- Cuban usage
- In other languages
- See also
- References
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thumb|World War I [[American Red Cross poster by Harrison Fisher, 1918]] In political contexts, comrade means a fellow party member. The political use was inspired by the French Revolution, after which it grew into a form of address between socialists and workers. Since the Russian Revolution, popular culture in the West has often associated it with communism. As such, it can also be used as a reference to leftists, akin to "". In particular, the Russian word () may be used as a reference to communists.
The influence of the term in communism in the 20th century has led to some anarchists preferring the term "companion", a term that has been used in Western Europe since the end of the 19th century.