Animal Farm Glossary

Glossary of Terms

coccidiosis

a parasitic infection that causes bloody diarrhea and sudden death in animals

communism

a theory or system of social organization based on the holding of all property in common, actual ownership being ascribed to the community as a whole or to the state; in practice, communism is often a totalitarian system of government

comrade

a fellow member of a political party; a member of the Communist party

disinter

to exhume; to unearth that which is buried

proletariat

in Marxism, the class of workers, especially industrial wage earners, who do not possess capital or property and must sell their labor to survive

propaganda

information, ideas, or rumors disseminated to help or harm a person, group, movement, institution, nation, or other entity

regime

a mode or system of rule or government; such a system when in power

socialism

a theory or system of social organization that advocates vesting the ownership and control of the means of production and distribution, of capital, land, and other assets in the community as a whole

totalitarianism

absolute control by the state or a governing branch of a highly centralized institution

tushes

small, short tusks such as those belonging to a boar