Leninist
- adjective
- /ˈlɛnɪnɪst/
- The other Leninist states remaining on the Asian continent are in similar or worse condition.
- Leninist regimes
- Leninist party
- Leninist theory
Examples
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The Front is organized along the Leninist model of democratic centralism.
Academic text (1991) -
According to the Marxist-Leninist vision, the state, not the individual, is sovereign.
Academic text (1991) -
In short, I have worked to create a theory of Leninist institutional identity and development.
Academic text (1991) -
Quite clearly, my own theory about Leninist identity and development is more powerful in some respects than in others.
Academic text (1991) -
Or do you subscribe to the Leninist theory that a lie told often enough becomes truth?
Blog text (9) -
And what I mean by that is like all Leninist entities, the highest priorities remain in power.
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One seeks to return to Leninist policy as originally devised.
Academic text (1991) -
Comintern agents, after all, made it their work to form disciplined Leninist parties.
Academic text (1992) -
Following the 1974 Portuguese coup and the military revolt in Ethiopia, Marxist-Leninist regimes were established in several African countries.
Academic text (1992) -
The organization follows a strict Leninist approach to governance, emphasizing central control and party discipline.
Synonyms
Supporting the communist ideas of Marx and Lenin
Relating to the Russian political movement that followed Lenin and supported state control
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Leninist comes from the name Lenin, the Russian leader, plus the ending -ist, which shows a 'belief' or way of thinking and appears in words like communist or artist. So a Leninist approach means ideas, policies, or ways of working that follow Lenin's views.