Leninism
- noun
- /ˈlɛnɪnɪzəm/
- Specialized
- Paradoxically, perhaps, Leninism-Stalinism and similar models laid down the basis for capitalist development, not for socialism.
- Marxism-Leninism
- Marxist-Leninism
- collapse of Marxist-Leninism
Well, go to school, you know, go to school because they teach Marxism, they teach Leninism in school.
- Well, go to school, you know, go to school because they teach Marxism, they teach Leninism in school.
- So with Leninism, you get this weird mixture of determinism and volunteerism.
- I mean, there is something in, you know, Marxism, Leninism, which, which, you know, has that kind of language and that kind of thinking.
- So maybe I could speak to sort of Leninism.
Examples
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And that was the first, that was the first encounter I had with proper Leninism in Seattle.
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We should distinguish it from Leninism and Stalinism.
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At any rate, I think people should take Leninism more seriously than they do.
Blog text (5) -
I would like to write down some thoughts regarding Leninism as a historical and theoretical position.
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Well, go to school, you know, go to school because they teach Marxism, they teach Leninism in school.
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There is a good reason why the Chinese system is often described as "market-Leninism." The Party controls.
Academic text (2011) -
For us, Marxism-Leninism was not something we chose out of a book.
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So with Leninism, you get this weird mixture of determinism and volunteerism.
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Three basic political systems now coexist: Leninism, authoritarian pluralism, and parliamentary democracy.
Academic text (1991) -
In the early 20th century, Leninism emerged as a significant political ideology that influenced many socialist movements worldwide.
Synonyms
A form of communism that guided the Soviet Union after the Russian Revolution
A political view that says workers should control society under one leading party, based on Marx and Lenin
Compounds
A political view that says workers should control society under one leading party, based on Marx and Lenin
How Revolutionary
- Specialized
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Leninism comes from the leader Lenin plus the ending -ism, which means 'a system of beliefs or ideas'. So Leninism names the political and economic system based on Lenin's ideas, the set of theories that guided the early Soviet Union.