Bol·she·vism also bol·she·vism (b l sh -v z m, b l-)n. 1. The strategy developed by the Bolsheviks between 1903 and 1917 with a view to seizing state power and establishing a dictatorship of the proletariat. 2. Soviet Communism. [Bolshev(ik) + -ism.] |
Bolshevism
a radical wing of the Russian Social Democratie Labor party, favoring revolutionary tactics to achieve full socialization and, under the leadership of Ulyanov (Lenin), setting up from 1917-20 the present Soviet regime. — Bolshevik, Bolshevist, n., adj.
See also: Communism
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| Noun | 1. |  Bolshevism - Soviet communism communism - a form of socialism that abolishes private ownership revisionism - a moderate evolutionary form of Marxism revisionism - any dangerous departure from the teachings of Marx |
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