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Leninist

Leninist

5 7.3
Following the political ideas and policies of Lenin
  • adjective
  • /ˈlɛnɪnɪst/
: leninista
  • The other Leninist states remaining on the Asian continent are in similar or worse condition.
  • Leninist regimes
  • Leninist party
  • Leninist theory

Examples

  • 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.

  • 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

Marxist-Leninist
vsLeninist
3 8.6

Supporting the communist ideas of Marx and Lenin

focuses on the later revolutionary adaptations rather than the original class theory
Bolshevist
vsLeninist
1 9.9

Relating to the Russian political movement that followed Lenin and supported state control

is about general ideas and policies rather than a single party's practices

Surface Forms

Leninist positive

Morphology

Leninist = Lenin (transparent) = Lenin + ist

Formed by adding the productive suffix '-ist' to the proper name 'Lenin'; the meaning 'related to or following Lenin' is directly inferable if the learner knows Lenin.

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.