Titoistadj.n.
/ˈtiːtəʊɪst/, U.S. /ˈtidoʊəst/, /ˈtidəwəst/ Now chiefly historical.
A. adj.
That supports Tito or the policies and principles advocated by him (see Titoism n.); of, relating to, or characteristic of Titoism. Cf. Titoite adj.
ΘΚΠ
society > authority > rule or government > politics > political philosophy > communism > [adjective] > relating to other types of communism
neo-Communist1921
Red Chinese1925
Titoist1945
Titoite1946
Chicom1966
Naxalite1970
Eurocommunist1976
1945 World Today Oct. 155 The Titoist Yugoslavs occupied all Venezia Giulia east of the Isonzo.
1949 N.Y. Times 30 Oct. i. 17/1 The delegation denied any intention of starting a Titoist ‘movement’ in Italy.
1961 Listener 9 Nov. 754/1 This aspect of Titoist reforms looms large in official literature.
1971 ‘P. Kavanagh’ Triumph of Evil iii. 25 Dorn, a Croat, had spent the war years with Ante Pavelic, killing Serbs and Titoist partisans.
2006 Daily Tel. 28 Aug. 23/5 Sherman was asked to amend his paper, but, when he refused, he was expelled from the Party for Titoist deviationism.
B. n.
A supporter of Tito or of the policies and principles advocated by him (see Titoism n.). Cf. Titoite n.
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society > authority > rule or government > politics > political philosophy > communism > [noun] > other types of communism > adherent of
neo-Communist1908
Sovietist1920
Titoist1946
Titoite1946
Chicom1966
Naxalite1969
Naxal1972
Eurocommunist1975
1946 Winnipeg Free Press 2 Apr. 2/1 Officially they [sc. the Communists] have a pact with the Titoists and the majority undoubtedly favor the Yugoslav solution.
1954 A. Koestler Invisible Writing xiv. 155 Every Communist who had lived in the Soviet Union for some length of time, returned to his country as a Titoist at heart.
1999 Times (Nexis) 26 Mar. The wartime feuding between the Chetniks and the Titoists remains one of the fault lines in the Serb political class.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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