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Bolshevism

Bolshevism

2 9.2
A form of communism that guided the Soviet Union after the Russian Revolution
  • noun
  • /ˈbɔlʃəˌvɪzəm/
translation icon : bolchevismo
  • For Eastman, Bolshevism was both Utopian and pragmatic.

So what did Nazism and Bolshevism and Communism share or how were they opposed to one another?

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Examples

  • The next period in the development of Bolshevism Lenin called the years of reaction (1907-1910).

    Blog text (22)
  • The image of the Bolshevik as one with American labor would come to dominate the magazine's portrayal of Bolshevism and, in turn, communism.

    Academic text (2002)
  • We were a bulwark against Bolshevism.

  • It's like talking about Bolshevism and referring to Khrushchev.

  • According to Schmidt, with the threat of Bolshevism removed, Germany would now grow in strength of spirit and morality.

    Academic text (2018)
  • Like Ledochowski, he viewed Bolshevism as the principal enemy.

    Academic text (1998)
  • Lenin, by successfully establishing Bolshevism in Russia, threatened to cause a global polarization on class lines.

    Academic text (1993)
  • Esenin placed all his faith in this redemptive Bolshevism, savior of the world.

    Academic text (1991)
  • The image aligns Christ with the masses and serves to belie the misrepresentation of Bolshevism by the press.

    Academic text (2002)
  • Throughout the 20th century, many Western nations developed policies to counteract the spread of Bolshevism.

Synonyms

Leninism
vsBolshevism
  • Specialized
4 8.8

Political ideas by Vladimir Lenin about how a small party should lead a workers' revolution

is the movement's practical ideology and practices rather than only theory
Marxism-Leninism
vsBolshevism
1 7.4

A political view that says workers should control society under one leading party, based on Marx and Lenin

is the movement's practical identity and actions rather than a formal theory
sovietism
vsBolshevism
  • Archaic
9.9

A political system and ideas from the former Soviet Union's communist government

is the movement's specific ideology and practices rather than broad state policies

Compounds

A political idea that mixes wanting no government and Bolshevik communism

A false idea that links Jewish people with Bolshevik communism and harms Jews

9.9

A false belief that Jewish people secretly support or control communist movements

Surface Forms

Bolshevism singular
Bolshevisms plural

Morphology

Bolshevism = Bolshevik (transparent) = Bolshevik + ism

Formed by the political group name 'Bolshevik' plus the productive suffix '-ism' denoting an ideology; the meaning (the ideology/practice associated with the Bolsheviks) is predictable from the base.

Etymology

Bolshevism comes from Bolshevik, the name of a Russian group whose word bol'shoy means 'big' or 'more'. Because the Bolsheviks called themselves the 'majority', Bolshevism means the political ideas and rule of that group in Russia.