Bolshevik

//ˈbɒlʃəvɪk// noun

noun ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A Russian communist revolutionary, a member of the Bolshevik Party in the Communist Revolution of Russia in 1917. historical

    "Мы, большевики, утверждаем, что на нашей стороне большинство настоящих, русских, партийных деятелей."

  2. 2
    Alternative form of Bolshevik. alt-of, alternative
  3. 3
    emotionally charged terms used to refer to extreme radicals or revolutionaries wordnet
  4. 4
    A member of the Communist Party that ruled the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. historical
  5. 5
    a Russian member of the left-wing majority group that followed Lenin and eventually became the Russian communist party wordnet
Adjective
  1. 1
    of or relating to Bolshevism wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms
bolshevistbolshieanarchanarchicanarchistanarcho-syndicalist

Example

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"The Soviet people, ruled by the Bolshevik party, steadfastly and confidently go on to the heights of Communism."

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian большеви́к (bolʹševík), from большинство́ (bolʹšinstvó, “majority”).

Related phrases

russian soviet federative socialist republicunion of soviet socialist republics

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