ABSTRACT
MORETHANanyothermovementwithintherevolutionarytradition, communismwasbornwithitsname.Whenthewordfirstappeared publiclyin1840,itspreadthroughoutthecontinentwithaspeedaltogetherunprecedentedinthehistoryofsuchverbalepidemics.Unlike earlierrevolutionarylabels,communismwasanewword,associated fromthebeginningwithanewconcept.1
