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Marxism-Leninism
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Marx·ism-Len·in·ism (märkszm-ln-nzm)
n.
An expanded form of Marxism that emphasizes Lenin's concept of imperialism as the final stage of capitalism and shifts the focus of struggle from developed to underdeveloped countries.
Marxist-Lenin·ist adj. & n.
Marxism-Leninism
n
(Government, Politics & Diplomacy) the modification of Marxism by the Russian statesman and Marxist theoretician V. I. Lenin (1870-1924) stressing that imperialism is the highest form of capitalism
Marxist-Leninist  n & adj
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Noun1.Marxism-Leninism - the political and economic theories of Lenin which provided the guiding doctrine of the Soviet UnionMarxism-Leninism - the political and economic theories of Lenin which provided the guiding doctrine of the Soviet Union; the modification of Marxism by Lenin stressed that imperialism is the highest form of capitalism (which shifts the struggle from developed to underdeveloped countries)
Leninism
communism - a political theory favoring collectivism in a classless society
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Instead of coalescing as a single Marxist Leninist revolutionary vanguard, the various "pre-party" groupings peeled off and each established its own, true variant of Marxism-Leninism: the Revolutionary Communist Party, Communist Party (Marxist-Leninist), Communist Workers' Party, Democratic Workers' Party, Communist Labor Party, Communist Party USA (Marxist-Leninist), and Line of March, to name some of the more prominent sects.
Revolution in the Air: Sixties Radicals Turn to Lenin, Mao and Che by Barber, David / Journal of Social History
 
 
 
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