Menshevism

name, noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Alternative letter-case form of Menshevism. alt-of, countable, uncountable

    "The subdivisions of socialism (populism, menshevism, bolshevism) are of course very well known: there is an enormous and valuable literature, both in the Soviet Union and the West."

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    The Communist political ideology of the Mensheviks. historical

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"The subdivisions of socialism (populism, menshevism, bolshevism) are of course very well known: there is an enormous and valuable literature, both in the Soviet Union and the West."

Etymology

From Russian меньшеви́зм (menʹševízm).

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