Jewish Bolshevism
- noun
- /ˈdʒuːɪʃ ˈbɔlʃəˌvɪzəm/
- Slur
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bolchevismo judío
- Many historians have shown that Jewish Bolshevism is a baseless and harmful stereotype.
Examples
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The myth of Jewish Bolshevism was propagated by some groups in the early twentieth century.
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The term Jewish Bolshevism is often used in antisemitic rhetoric.
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He wrote an article debunking the conspiracy theory known as Jewish Bolshevism.
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Many historians reject the notion of Jewish Bolshevism as a myth.
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Many historians have shown that Jewish Bolshevism is a baseless and harmful stereotype.
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He wrote an article debunking the conspiracy theory known as Jewish Bolshevism.
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The myth of Jewish Bolshevism was propagated by some groups in the early twentieth century.
Surface Forms
Morphology
A B1 learner who knows 'Jewish' and 'Bolshevism' can infer the basic compositional sense — a claimed connection between Jews and Bolshevik communism — so the referential content is partly predictable from the constituents. However, the phrase carries specific historical, conspiratorial, and evaluative connotations (a discredited antisemitic theory and propaganda term) that are not derivable from the words alone and require background knowledge, so it is not fully transparent.
Etymology
Jewish Bolshevism comes from a harmful claim in the early 1900s that tried to link Jewish people with the Bolshevik communist movement, and some groups used it to blame Jews for social and political change. That's why today the phrase refers to that false 'conspiracy' and is seen as an 'antisemitic' stereotype.
