the policies, doctrines, and practices of Communist Parties in Western Europe in the 1970s and 1980s, esp those rejecting democratic centralism and favouring nonalignment with the Soviet Union and China
Derived forms
Eurocommunist (ˌEuroˈcommunist)
noun, adjective
Eurocommunism in American English
(ˌjʊroʊˈkɑmjəˌnɪzəm)
noun
a former policy of some western European Communist parties stressing their independence from the Soviet Union, support of democratic political procedures, etc.