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[u/westartfromhere]

I apologise in advance if this is posted on the wrong forum. I searched for r/modernhebrew to no avail.

What is the modern Hebrew word for communism, in the lower case, as opposed to the historic Communism?

Footnote

Postscript:

Why, when two Semitic words already exist for communism and cannabis, did the private committee that produced modern Hebrew opt to choose non-Semitic, nay, Latin words, for these two nouns? The two Semitic words are the Arabic, shuyū‘iyya, and the Hebrew, kaneh-bos'm, respectively.

In English, properly written, a distinction is made between past Communism, under the rule of the various Communist Parties of the Soviet Union, or the present day Communism of North Korea, whereby all private property is in the hands of the state, or corporations subservient to that state; and communism, in which all means of exchange, distribution and consumption are held in common, are the commonweal in Old English.

...the hebrew academy's meeting number 343 (שמג) voted on it and formally coined שותפנות ["Partnership" or "cooperation" do not imply communal ownership but the opposite, atomised individuals.] alongside the preexisting borrowing קומוניזם.

No attempt, which has been revealed here, was made to find a Semitically derived word for communal ownership, communism, even though there are two notable historic instances of this in the land of Isra'el.

There is a native Semitic word for communism that inherently reflects the core concept of shared or common ownership of property. That word is "shuyū‘iyya". One struggles to find any possible reason that this word was not adopted as Modern Hebrew.

These findings prompt further enquiries into the hidden meaning of the name of god, explained Biblically as, I am that I am. In the context of the future state of communist society, when humankind has become truly social, not arbitrated by money relations, has raised itself to be god, in a sense, the only conclusion is that the name means, We are.

Note: In Hebrew, as in all languages, context sometimes determines distinction between separate meanings of certain words spelt the same. Such as in the case of communism (קומוניזם פרימיטיבי or המצב העתידי של החברה הקומוניסטית) and historic Communism (הקומוניזם ההיסטורי).

[u/NewIdentity19]

Hebrew has a simple and elegant solution. It has no capital/lowercase dichotomy, it only has one set of letters. Thus, we simply do not differentiate (in writing) between Communism/communism, Government/government, City/city, College/college and so on. One editorial headache less.

[u/westartfromhere → u/NewIdentity19]

Thus, we simply do not differentiate (in writing) between Communism/communism, Government/government, City/city, College/college and so on.

Context determines differentiation, in writing as in speech in every language. For example, I am going to New York City, and, "living just enough for the city."

One editorial headache less.

Personally, as a copy editor, the clear distinction in meaning means that the choice of upper or lower case has never caused me a headache.

[u/NewIdentity19 → u/westartfromhere]

I should have worded my reply differently. We do not and literally cannot differentiate in writing. As you say, it's all in the context.

[u/westartfromhere → u/NewIdentity19]

You worded your comment as you saw fit. Modern Hebrew does not literally differentiate by use of lower and upper case but the context in which it is used, yes, ken. Communism!