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Bolshevism|ˈbɒlʃɪvɪz(ə)m| [a. Russ. bol′shevízm: see Bolshevik.] The doctrines and practices of the Bolsheviks; the communistic form of government adopted in Russia since the Bolshevik Revolution of October (November), 1917.
1917New Europe 8 Nov. 112 The good sense of Russian democracy threw off the yoke of Bolševism. 1918T. Roosevelt in Metropolitan Mag. June 9/1 The most powerful indictment of the corrupt and inefficient tyranny of the Romanoffs..is that it produced Bolshevism. Ibid. 9/2 Parlor or pink-tea bolshevism dear to the hearts of so many..who like to think of themselves as intellectuals. 1918Times 7 Dec. 9/6 There must be no Bolshevism in [British] land policy. 1926W. R. Inge Lay Thoughts 159 Bolshevism is no new thing there [sc. in Russia]. 1926D. H. Lawrence Plumed Serpent ii. 47 Bolshevism only smashed your house or your business or your skull, but Americanism smashes your soul. Hence Bolsheˈvisia [-ia1], ˈBolshevy [after Muscovy], the land of Bolshevism; Russia under the rule of the Bolsheviks.
1919J. Pollock Bolshevik Adv. 195 A producer [of stage-plays] in Bolshevisia. 1920Chambers's Jrnl. 514/1 Life in Bolshevisia—such as it was in July 1918. 1921Times Lit. Suppl. 18 Mar., Bolshevy from within. 1922Times 18 Apr. 21/1 The Bondmaid of Bolshevy. |