bolshevism
2 synonyms for bolshevism, grouped by meaning and by how common each one is.
Noun — The methods the Bolsheviks used to try to seize power in Russia.
Synonyms
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collectivism
sovietism
Etymology
Borrowed from Russian большеви́зм (bolʹševízm, “Bolshevism”), formed 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 Pa...
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