bolshevism

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Bolshevism^¹

/ˈbɒlʃəˌvɪz(ə)m/ UK
/ˈbɑlʃəˌvɪzəm/ US
/ˈboʊl-/ US
/ˈbol-/ US

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Borrowed from Russian большеви́зм (bolʹševízm, “Bolshevism”), from большинство (bolʹšinstvo, “majority, most”) (referring to the fact that the Bolshevik faction of the Russian Social Democratic Labour Party won on the majority of the important issues at the 2nd Congress of the Russian Social Democratic Labour Party in 1903) + -и́зм (-ízm, “-ism”, suffix forming the names of systems, schools of thought or theories based on the names of their subjects or objects). большинство is derived from большо́й (bolʹšój, “great, large”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bel-) + -ство (-stvo, suffix forming a neuter noun, usually an abstract noun denoting a relation, social status, scientific discipline, quality or state) (from Proto-Slavic *-ьstvo (suffix forming nouns denoting a condition or state)).

noun Bolshevisms · bolshevism

countable, historical, uncountable The strategy used by the Bolsheviks in attempting to gain power in Russia. The split between the two trends of Bolshevism issued from questions of a very practical nature. [Alexander] Bogdanov and his group condemned participation in parliamentary, "bourgeois" politics. [Vladimir] Lenin, on the other hand, set the struggle for political power as the main task of the party.
countable, historical, uncountable The Communist political ideology adopted by the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics; Marxism-Leninism. We of this generation owe it to the countless dead, to the peoples now living, to our children and children's children not to let the present situation go by without attempting in good faith to establish among those nations that will tolerate neither Kaiserism nor Bolshevism such a form of internati

Opposite: antibolshevism

bolshevism^²

noun bolshevisms

countable, uncountable Alternative letter-case form of Bolshevism You can never tell to what length of devilry men will go when, setting out to see justice done, they give rein to the spirit of vindictiveness and are bent only on revenge and reprisals. The results may be terrible when the Simeons and Levis of society take law and justice into their own hands. Ofte

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noun

Opposite: antibolshevism

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noun Communist political ideology

Español	bolchevismo
한국어	볼셰비즘 bolsyebijeum
日本語	ボルシェヴィズム borushevizumu, ボルシェビズム borushebizumu, ボリシェヴィズム borishevizumu, ボリシェビズム borishebizumu
中文	布爾什維主義 /布尔什维主义 bù'ěrshíwéizhǔyì
हिन्दी	बोलशेविकवाद bolśevikvād, बोल्शेविज़्म bolśevizma
Português	bolchevismo
Deutsch	Bolschewismus
Italiano	bolscevismo
Ελληνικά	μπολσεβικισμός bolsevikismós
Română	bolșevism
Русский	большеви́зм bolʹševízm
Tiếng Việt	chủ nghĩa bôn-sê-vích
العربية	بُلْشِفِيَّة bulšifiyya
עברית	בּוֹלְשֶׁבִיזְם bolshevízm

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@misc{bolshevism_2026,
  title = {bolshevism},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/bolshevism},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}