kommunistisen

Kommunistisen is a Finnish adjective meaning related to or characteristic of communism. It is the genitive singular form of the base adjective kommunistinen and is used to modify a noun that is in the genitive case, such as in phrases like kommunistisen järjestelmän (the system of the communist) or kommunistisen liikkeen jäseniä (members of the communist movement). In Finnish, adjectives agree with the noun they describe in case and number, so the form of the adjective changes with the noun’s grammatical role.

The base form kommunistinen is derived from kommunismi, meaning communism, with the typical Finnish derivational suffix -inen that creates adjectives indicating relation or belonging. The corresponding noun forms include kommunisti (a communist) and kommunismi (communism). Beyond genitive singular, adjectives also take other inflectional endings to match the noun in different cases and numbers, such as kommunistinen talo (a communist house) in nominative, or kommunistisen talon in genitive.

In usage, kommunistisen appears in historical and political contexts to describe things associated with communism, including parties, movements, ideas, or programs, when the noun they modify is in genitive or otherwise requires that form. It is part of standard Finnish vocabulary and occurs in academic, journalistic, and public discourse.

Etymologically, the term reflects Finnish adaptation of the concept of communism, borrowed into Finnish from European languages, often traced back to Russian or other Slavic forms of kommunizm and French/German roots for communism. The related forms and phrases allow precise grammatical expression of possession or association in Finnish.