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Leninist

Leninist

3 6.9
A person who supports the political ideas and policies of Lenin
  • noun
  • /ˈlɛnɪnɪst/
translation icon : leninista
  • I'm a Marxist-Leninist.
  • Marxist-Leninist

Examples

  • The problem of the State, for Leninists, is an administrative question.

    Blog text (5)

  • You are not a communist, but you are a Marxist-Leninist?

    JFK (1991)

  • But I am a Marxist-Leninist.

    Fiction book (1991)

  • So if one is a Marxist-Leninist, a vote for Obama will do the trick.

    Blog text (17)

  • Turkey's Marxist-Leninists he found too soft.

    Academic text (2007)

  • We all know that Stalin, a great Marxist-Leninist, died in 1953.

    Academic text (1993)

  • By this, Leninists mean something like "universal nationalization of wealth" or "socialization of all resources and industries."

    Blog text (5)

  • No regime wants to be called "corporatist" or "Marxist-Leninist" anymore; both of these system alternatives have been discredited.

    Academic text (1999)

  • Generally, Marxist-Leninists in the twentieth century have distrusted religious groups, while believers have castigated Marxists as unreformed atheists.

    Academic text (1990)

  • The Leninist believes that a revolutionary party is necessary to lead the working class.

Synonyms

Marxist
vsLeninist
43 6.3

A person who supports Karl Marx's ideas about class and social equality

is a follower of Lenin's ideas rather than of Marx alone
Communist
vsLeninist
18 4.4

A person who wants businesses and land owned by the community, not by individuals

is specifically a follower of Lenin rather than a general party supporter
Bolshevik
vsLeninist
3 9.0

A person who was part of the Russian revolutionary group that took power in 1917

is an ideological follower of Lenin rather than just a radical revolutionary
Bolshevist
vsLeninist
9.9

A person who belonged to the Russian party that followed Lenin and took power in 1917

is an ideological supporter of Lenin rather than simply a party member

Surface Forms

Leninist singular
Leninists plural

Morphology

Leninist = Lenin (transparent) = Lenin + ist

Formed by adding the productive suffix '-ist' to the proper name 'Lenin'; the meaning 'a follower or supporter of Lenin' is directly inferable if the learner knows Lenin.

Etymology

Leninist is formed from Lenin plus the ending -ist, meaning a 'follower' or supporter, just like in communist. So a Leninist as a noun is a person who supports or follows Lenin's political ideas.