User:Saula Wenger/sandbox/Terms to avoid

The following are terms Revolupedia editors should avoid and alternatives to use instead.

Terms to avoid

Term	Context	Use instead	Note
Soviet Russia	To reference the entire Union of Soviet Socialist Republics	Soviet Union/USSR (when referencing the entire Union) Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic (when referencing the Union Republic)	"Soviet Russia" is also valid when used to refer to the predecessor to the USSR, the Russian Soviet Republic
American	To strictly refer to people from the United States of America	US American	"American" can refer to anybody from the Americas (North and South America). To only use it to refer to a single country in the Americas is a product of American chauvinism
Dengism/Dengist	To refer to the ideology of the Communist Party of China and its capitalist policies	Socialism with Chinese Characteristics/Chinese socialism	SwCC should be used to refer to the actual policies and ideology of the CPC, Dengism should be used to refer to the cultist supporters of the CPC abroad
Chinese Communist Party (CCP)	Instead of Communist Party of China (CPC)	Communist Party of China	Although relatively trivial, "Communist Party of China" should be used over "Chinese Communist Party" as it is the official English translation of the party
Gonzaloism/Gonzaloist	When referring to Maoist organizations outside of Peru	Maoism/Maoist, Marxism–Leninism–Maoism, principally Maoism	"Gonzaloist" is a revisionist pejorative for Maoist organizations
Communist state	References to revolutionary states which uphold Marxism	Socialist state, Marxist–Leninist state	Modern Marxist discourse separates socialism and communism into the lower and higher stages respectively; none of the historical socialist states have attained communism, or the higher stage, making the name "communist state" questionable